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works: The shattered lantern
By statement: Ronald Rolheiser.
Language: English
Pagination: 190 p. ;
ISBN 10: 0824522753
LCCN: 2004002420
Dewey: 248.8/6
LC: BV5091.C7 R65 2004
Subject: Contemplation.
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Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

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   The problem of unbelief among believers : the agnosticism of our ordinary consciousness
   Narcissism, pragmatism, unbridled restlessness and the non-contemplative personality : factors militating against contemplation
   A radically changed situation : the non-contemplative personality
   The purification of awareness : the mystical tradition
   Contemplation as respecting the holiness of God : the Protestant contemplative tradition
   Recognizing and appropriating the experience of contingency : the philosophical tradition of theism
   Some contemporary spiritual exercises.