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Christian Spirituality: Chapters in the History of the Faith

Christian Spirituality: Chapters in the History of the Faith

By: Matthew Hoskin
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 In this podcast, Dr Matthew Hoskin takes you through the history of Christian spirituality -- spiritual disciplines, liturgy, asceticism, mysticism, monks -- to talk about some of the important moments, figures, movement, texts, and teachings. We'll go through it all broadly chronologically, but with the freedom to move around a bit if other things come up.2023 Christianity Spirituality World
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  • Ch 15: An Invitation to the Spiritual World of Antony and the Desert Fathers

    Ch 15: An Invitation to the Spiritual World of Antony and the Desert Fathers
    Sep 6 2024

    In this chapter, I turn from the age of Tertullian forward a century to the rise of the monastic movement and the world of St Antony the Great and the Desert Fathers of Egypt. What is it that makes a monk? What characterises the spirituality of the desert? What does singlemindedness look like? How are we meant to read the "Sayings" of the Desert Fathers?

    My course on monasticism: https://davenanthall.com/course/monasticism-anthony-reformation/

    Bibliography

    The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection. Trans. Benedicta Ward. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1975.

    Athanasius of Alexandria. The Life of Antony: The Coptic Life and the Greek Life. Trans. Tim Vivian and Apostolos N. Athanassakis. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2003.

    Carolinne M. White. Early Christian Lives. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1998.

    Guigo II le Chartreuse. The Ladder of Monks. Trans. James Walsh. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1981.

    All Liturgical Press titles in this list are originally Kalamazoo: Cistercian Press if you buy older printings.
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    31 mins
  • Early Christian Worship: Ritual and Space in the Ancient Church

    Early Christian Worship: Ritual and Space in the Ancient Church
    Mar 15 2024

    In today's episode/"chapter", I discuss early Christian worship and the spaces where Christians met, keeping in mind the theological reality of the assembly of saints (ekklesia) as an encounter with heaven.

    I also plug my upcoming course "Early Christian Worship: Ritual and Space in the Ancient Church".

    Check out the ninth-century Church of Santa Prassede here.

    Check out La Sainte-Chapelle, Paris here.

    Check out the third-century remains of Dura Europos here.

    The only book I mention in this episode is Dallas Willard, The Spirit of the Disciplines.
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    22 mins
  • Tertullian and the Movement of the Spirit (chapter 12)

    Tertullian and the Movement of the Spirit (chapter 12)
    Mar 1 2024

    In this episode, I consider the character of Tertullian of Carthage (c. 155/60 - after 220). Accused of being a Montanist by later writers, Tertullian was the father of Latin Christianity, even referred to as "the Master" by St Cyprian. After considering his relationship to Montanism, I discuss some of my favourite passages from his treatise "On Prayer" and commend him for the church today.

    Register here for my upcoming course on Early Christian Worship!

    My translation:

    Tertullian, Cyprian, & Origen. On the Lord's Prayer. Trans. Alistair Stewart-Sykes. SVS Press, 2004.
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    26 mins
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