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Williams, Rowan Douglas
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......maintain Anglican unity. Justin Welby succeeded him. Williams is a theologian and scholar whose books include Christian Spirituality (1980), The Truce of God (1983), On Christian Theology (1999), Writing in the Dust: After September 11 (2002......
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Ignatius of Loyola, Saint
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......conscience, and prayers, grouped according to a traditional set of four steps leading to mystical union with God. The spirituality identified with St. Ignatius is characterized by emphasis on human initiative. His little book is a classic of Christian......
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Bernard of Clairvaux, Saint
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......luckless peasants from the powerful. Through his writings, St. Bernard exerted a profound influence on Roman Catholic spirituality. His deep devotion to the Virgin Mary and to the Infant Jesus is evident in his work, which consists of about 330 sermons......
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Martini, Simone
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......märtē´nē), or Simone di Martino (dē märtē´nō), c.1283–1344, major Sienese painter. His art is admired for its Gothic spirituality combined with a vibrancy and a great elegance of line. A follower of Duccio di Buoninsegna, his earliest known work (1315) was a fresco......
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Angelico, Fra
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......innovations of his time, such as sculptural clarity of form and spatial depth, he interpreted them in terms of the greatest spirituality. Angelico endowed these new forms with his own incomparable sense of coloring and unity. In the United States he is represented......
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Guinicelli, Guido
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......gwēnēchĕl´lē; gwēnētsĕl´lē), c.1230–1276?, Italian poet. In his best verse he wrote of love as an inner spirituality or nobility, disassociated from courtly connotations. For this, and for his style—delicate, intelligent, and brilliant......
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Heschel, Abraham Joshua
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......An Echo of Eternity (1969), and A Passion for Truth (1973). See M. Friedman, Abraham Joshua Heschel and Elie Wiesel (1987); D. J. Moore, The Human and the Holy: the Spirituality of Abraham Joshua Heschel (1989)....
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Italian literature
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......a Bolognese poet and jurist, moved from the Provençal conception of courtly love to a more mystical and philosophical spirituality.The poets who took Guinizelli as their model originated the "sweet new style" (dolce stil novo)—so named by Dante......
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Mann, Thomas
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......the mythological. In Doctor Faustus (1947, tr. 1948), Mann used the Faust motif to delve into the conflict between spirituality and sensuality. His last works include the novels Der Erwählte (1951, tr. The Holy Sinner, 1951) and Bekenntnisse......
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Péguy, Charles
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......Though formally he was often at odds with the church, he is among the foremost modern Catholic writers. He sought to infuse spirituality into every aspect of life. His great poem Le Mystère de la charité de Jeanne d'Arc (1910, tr. by Julian Green 1950......