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Overview
Peter Ball looks at some of the leading figures from the past to illustrate the roots and development of Anglican spiritual direction: George Herbert, Lancelot Andrewes, John Wesley, Somerset Ward, and Evelyn Underhill. More recent influences in the revival of interest in the subject have been Kenneth Leech,
Alan Jones, Gordon Jeff, and Margaret Guenther. This is an updated version of a book first published as Journey Into Truth. New material will include developments in Australia and the US, and the increasing role played by women, as well as updated resources.
The Spiritual Directors International Series – This book is part of a special series produced by Morehouse Publishing in cooperation with Spiritual Directors International (SDI), a global network of some 6,000 spiritual directors and members.
Synopsis
Anglican Spiritual Direction fills a significant gap by introducing us to the distinctive Anglican tradition of spiritual guidance and companionship, beginning with the seventeenth-century Caroline divines to the tradition's late twentieth-century flowering in England and the United States. The English pastoral tradition has its roots in The Book of Common Prayer and figures like George Herbert and Lancelot Andrewes, and continues with John Wesley, the Oxford Movement, Somerset Ward, and Evelyn Underhill. Today spiritual direction has undergone an extraordinary revival in England and the United States not only through the writings of Kenneth Leech, Alan Jones, Gordon Jeff, and Margaret Guenther, but also through increased visibility of Anglican and Episcopal religious orders.