Father Goodrich’s book, Mystic Bonfires: Walter Hilton and the Development of Practical Spiritual Theology is useful for many readers:
- Parish and other clergy.
- Spiritual directors and guides.
- Christian educators.
- Lay ministers.
- Students in formation programs for various forms of ministry.
- Graduate students in theology and spirituality.
- Those with a serious interest in the 14th century English mystics.
- Those who want to bridge the gap between the mysticism of yesterday and today.
This book is designed to serve as a supplementary textbook for courses and programs of formation in the fields of ministry, theology, and spirituality.
- The appendix includes questions, assignments, and project ideas that can be adapted by professors and pastors for their particular settings.
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Mystic Bonfires is available in paperback and e-book formats.
“Fr. Goodrich constructs a remarkable bridge between the spirituality of the High Middle Ages and contemporary Christianity. Although well-informed and critical. Mystic Bonfires is not primarily an academic study, although it would be a valuable resource in a variety of settings….Fr. Goodrich presents a lucid and inspiring conversation across the centuries of what Hilton would describe as ‘reformation in faith and feeing.””
-Fr. Richard Woods, OP.
Professor of Theology, Dominican University , River Forest Illinois
“In a time of global anxiety, we need spiritual resources and practices as never before. Mystic Bonfires will be immensely valuable in guiding young people especially in the fourteenth-century mystical tradition, which is so practical and attractive in its theology of love. This book offers a unique introduction to the wisdom of Walter Hilton, who unlike many, wrote explicitly for ordinary Christians in their working lives.”
-The Rev. Canon Dr. Alison Milbank
Professor of Literature and Theology, University of Nottingham, England
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