{"product_id":"steps-to-spiritual-perfection-jeremy-driscoll-9780809142644","title":"Steps to Spiritual Perfection: Studies on Spiritual Progress in Evagrius Ponticus","description":"Evagrius Ponticus (345-399) was among the first of the desert fathers to articulate in writing the wisdom of the monastic movement. Jeremy Driscoll comments in this book on Evagrius in such a way as to show his spiritual relevance for our times. The encounter with Evagrius here becomes for modern readers what it was for those to whom he first wrote: a way of receiving spiritual nourishment and advice from one of the desert masters far away. Evagrius sets out challenging conditions that are requirements for the spiritual goal--knowledge of the Holy Trinity in a luminous place of prayer. This important work is: --a companion volume to Ad Monachos in the Ancient Christian Writers series --along with Ad Monachos, this is the single most comprehensive book on Evagrius --shows how the Evagrius of history can act as a spiritual guide today+F1549 --breaks new ground in interpreting Evagrius, arguing that his Ad Monachos is a key for interpreting other major questions in Evagrius' other works +\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeremy Driscoll\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0809142643\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780809142644\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Newman Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.44w x 0.59d","brand":"Jeremy Driscoll","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44522269901055,"sku":"9780809142644","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ac7761ac-4abd-4280-aa9a-6f24e93f024d.jpg?v=1700156397","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/steps-to-spiritual-perfection-jeremy-driscoll-9780809142644","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}