Advent With Evelyn Underhill

Evelyn Underhill

Church Publishing, Inc., 2006 - Religion - 86 pages

A devotional for Advent and Christmas through the perspective of England’s foremost Christian spiritual mystic.

For generations, readers have found in the writings of Evelyn Underhill the guidance to help them deepen their own interior lives in the Christian mystical tradition. In this lovely volume, Anglican author and editor Christopher Webber has carefully selected inspirational passages from Underhill's most significant works, providing readings for every day of Advent and Christmas, and sharing the timeless treasure of Underhill's spiritual vision.

Contents

• Recognition and Expectancy: 1
• A Sense of Need: 3
• Starting Out: 5
• Spiritual Life Begin with Objective Fact: 7
• Shut the Door: 9
• Patience: 11
• Humility: 13
• Discipline: 15
• Intimations of Spiritual Depths: 17
• A Plan of Life: 19
• Gods Agents in the Real World: 21
• Spiritual Life: 23
• A Job to Be Done: 25
• Centering: 27
• Evil and Reality: 29
• Facing Reality as Baptized Christians: 31
• Christ Changes Circumstances: 33
• Corporate Life and Mysticism: 35
• Centrality of Prayer: 37
• Spiritual Life Begins with Prayer: 39
• Prayer Is Central: 41
• Prayer Gives Our Lives Focus: 43
• Life of Prayer: 45
• The Focus of Prayer: 47
• Contemplation: 49
• Love in Creation: 51
• Love Is an Orientation toward God: 53
• The Vision of Love: 55
• Christmas Day Incarnation and Childhood: 57
• St Stephen Incarnation: 59
• Maturing: 61
• Holy Innocents The Example of the Christ Child: 63
• Incarnation: 65
• Nativity: 67
• Life Goes On: 69
• Holy Name Born for a Purpose: 71
• Shepherds and Magi: 73
• The Magi: 75
• The Magi and Prayer: 77
• Light of the World: 79
• The Magi and New Birth: 81
• References: 83

About the author

Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941) was an Anglo-Catholic writer who wrote about spiritual practice and specifically Christian mysticism. She published 39 books and contributed more than 350 articles and reviews. Her best-known works include Mysticism: A Study in the Nature and Development of Man's Spiritual Consciousness and Practical Mysticism. Christopher L. Webber, a graduate of Princeton University and the General Theological Seminary in New York, is an Episcopal priest who has led urban, rural, and overseas parishes. He is the author of several books, including Welcome to Christian Faith, Beyond Beowulf, and A Year with American Saints, co-authored with Lutheran Pastor G. Scott Cady. Webber grew up in Cuba, New York, and lives in San Francisco.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Advent With Evelyn Underhill; G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series
• Author: Evelyn Underhill
• Editor: Christopher L. Webber
• Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc., 2006
• ISBN: 0819222216, 9780819222213
• Length: 86 pages
• Subjects: Religion / Christian Living / Devotional; Religion / Christian Living / General; Religion / Christianity / Anglican; Religion / Devotional; Religion / Holidays / Christmas & Advent; Religion / Spirituality