Bibliography
A listing of contemplative books and free newsletters that I have read and journaled from as I compiled the material published here.
In addition to receiving daily email meditations from Richard Rohr’s Center for Action and Contemplation, and Henri Nouwen Society’s daily devotion, and regular readings from Joan Chittister’s Weekly Newsletter, and from In Search of a New Eden about Celtic Spirituality, I’ve been drawn to one book after another. What follows is a list of contemplative books I’ve read on this spiritual journey.
Contemplative Readings
- Cynthia Bourgeault: Heart of Centering Prayer, Wisdom Way of Knowing, Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening, Eye of the Heart
- Marcus Borg: The Last Week, Reading the Bible again for the First Time
- Walter Brueggemann, Prophetic Imagination
- Carmen Butcher: Trans, Cloud of Unknowing
- Ilia Delio: Christ in Evolution
- Anthony De Mello: The Way to Love, One Minute Wisdom
- Mary C Earle: The Desert Mothers, Broken Body, Healing Spirit
- Denis Edwards, Jesus and the Cosmos
- Gregory Ellison II, Anchored in the Current: Discovering Howard Thurman
- Helen Exley: And Wisdom Comes Quietly
- James Finley: Christian Meditation, The Contemplative Heart, Merton’s Palace of Nowhere, The Healing Path
- Richard Foster, Celebration of Discipline, Prayer; Finding the Heart's True Home, Life with God
- Matthew Fox, Christian Mystics, 365 Readings and Meditations
- Christian George: Sacred Travels
- Guigo II: The Ladder of Monks
- Phileena Heuertz: Mindful Silence
- Barbara Holmes: Joy Unspeakable
- St John of the Cross: Dark Night of the Soul
- Robert Johnson, Owning Your Own Shadow
- Thomas Keating: Intimacy with God, Open Heart, Open Mind
- Thomas Kelly: A Testament of Devotion
- Martin Laird: Into the Silent Land, An Ocean of Light
- Sandra Maitri: Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram
- Carl McColman: Christian Mystics-1208 Seekers, Saints and Sages
- Bernard McGuinn: Essential Writings of Christian Mystics
- Brian McLaren: Great Spiritual Migration, The Galápagos Islands: a spiritual journey, Do I Stay Christian
- Thomas Merton: Seven Storey Mountain, Thoughts in Solitude, New Seeds of Contemplation, Wisdom of the Desert, A Year with Thomas Meron, Interior Experience
- Julian of Norwich: Complete Julian of Norwich
- Henri Nouwen: Out of Solitude, Way of the Heart, Reaching Out, You are the Beloved, Discernment
- Parker Palmer: On the Brink of Everything
- Basil Pennington: Lectio Divina
- Ira Progoff: trans Cloud of Unknowing
- Richard Rohr: Falling Upward, Divine Dance, Immortal Diamond, Universal Christ, Enneagram, Naked Now, A Spring Within, On the Threshold of Transformation, Yes, and, Eager to Love, Essential Teachings on Love, The Wisdom Pattern
- Kathleen Singh: The Grace in Aging, The Grace in Dying, The Grace in Living
- Mirabai Starr: St Francis of Assisi, St Teresa of Avila: The Interior Castle
- St Therese of Lisieux: Story of a Soul
- Howard Thurman: With Head and Heart
- Thich Nhat Hanh: The Heart of Buddha’s Teaching