Prayer in Christian theology; a study of some moments and masters of the Christian life from Clement of Alexandria to Fénelon,

"The following pages represent ... my Prælections delivered at Hereford cathedral in the Lent of 1921. The first and last chapters formed also the substance of my Murtle lecture before the University of Aberdeen in February, 1922."--Pref.Introductory: Pagan and Christian prayer.--Clement of Alexandria and Christian Platonism.--S. John Cassian and the beginnings of monasticism.--S. Bernard and mediæval monasticism.--S. John of the Cross and Spanish mysticism in the sixteenth century.--Fénelon and mysticism in France at the end of the seventeenth century.--Conclusions--Prayer and the modern world.Mode of access: Internet