Evelyn Underhill: 18 books

3 works of Evelyn Underhill English Anglo-Catholic writer and pacifist (1875-1941) This ebook presents a collection of 3 works of Evelyn Underhill. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: - Practical Mysticism - Ruysbroeck - The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day

The Grey World by Evelyn Underhill. Includes: -- NCX Navigation with links to all chapters and sections. -- Interactive Table of Contents. Evelyn Underhill’s The Grey World is an unusual story with a remarkable narrative, set in late 19th- and early 20th-century England, in which...

Between 1924 and 1938, Evelyn Underhill compiled two personal prayer books for use when conducting spiritual retreats at Pleshey (the retreat house for the diocese of Chelmsford). The prayers were carefully selected and include quotes from a variety of theologians and writers in Christian spirituality,...

A poet, novelist, pacifist and mystic, Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941) spent her life deeply immersed in the things she wrote about. At first an agnostic, Underhill became drawn to Catholicism, though her husband, a Protestant, tried to dissuade her. Instead of taking the traditional Christocentric view...

“Most Christian people often find it difficult to say their prayers in any meaningful way. Here, in these extracts from a book of devotional meditations by Evelyn Underhill, will be found clear but profound guidance on how to pray. The title of the book, Abba, is the term used in more than one place...

Ruysbroeck Evelyn Underhill, english Anglo-Catholic writer and pacifist (1875-1941) This ebook presents «Ruysbroeck», from Evelyn Underhill. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. TABLE OF CONTENTS  ILLUMINATION AND DESTITUTION...

The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day Evelyn Underhill, english Anglo-Catholic writer and pacifist (1875-1941) This ebook presents «The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day», from Evelyn Underhill. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter...

Brief extracts from the Underhill book, Fruits of the Spirit, first published in 1942, the year after Underhill's death. Each of these brief pieces is actually a meditation on some aspect of the spiritual life, and makes excellent devotional reading. "...affords a brilliant example of Evelyn...

Originally part of a series of broadcasts made by the author prior to World War II, this small book was meant "to present some of the great truths concerning man’s spiritual life in simple language.” As one critic has noted, “Underhill has admirably and eloquently achieved her objective.”...

These meditations, based upon the principle articles of the Nicene Creed, were originally presented by Evelyn Underhill (1875 – 1941) at a retreat she conducted at her beloved Pleshy, a small village in England that was the site of her conversion to the Christian faith. The renewed interest in mysticism and spirituality today among Christians of all communions draws heavily from her work.

The Cloud of Unknowing ed. by Evelyn Underhill "The Cloud of Unknowing is a practical spiritual guidebook thought to have been written in the 14th century by an anonymous English monk who counsels a young student to seek God not through knowledge but through love. The book, which...

Offering different essays of the practice of mysticism Underhill gives a thorough treatment of the practice that relies on experience rather than logic to justify the matters of faith. While a dangerous path to follow as it can quickly lead to paths away from God, this thinking is valid to a point...

"Mysticism" is one of most celebrated books on the subject. The spirit of the book is romantic, engaged, and theoretical rather than historical or scientific. Underhill has little use for theoretical explanations and the traditional religious experience, formal classifications or analysis....

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