LIST OF AUTHORS PROMOTING CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER (THE CORE PRACTICE OF THE NEW SPIRITUALITY)

(Note: This list is not exhaustive.)

 

Historic

Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)

Brother Lawrence (1611- 1691)

Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)

Eckhart, Meister (1260-1327)

Fox, George (1624-1691)

John of the Cross (1542-1591)

Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)

Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556)

Julian of Norwich (1342-1423)

Law, William (1686-1761)

Madam Guyon (1647-1717)

Rolle, Richard (c. 1300-1341)

Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)

Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

The Cloud of Unknowing (anonymous monk)

 

Present-day

Alhberg Calhoun, Adele

Babbs, Liz

Barton, Ruth Haley

Bell, Rob

Bentley, Todd

Bickle, Mike

Bjorklund, Kurt

Blanchard, Ken

Boa, Kenneth

Borg, Marcus

Boyd, Gregory

Benner, David

Burke, Spencer

Burns, Jim

Bruteau, Beatrice

Caliguire, Mindy

Campolo, Tony

Canfield, Jack

Card, Michael

Coe, John

Collins, Jill

Crabb, Larry

Crowder, David

de Mello, Anthony

Driscoll, Mark

Drury, Keith

Edwards, Tilden

Erre, Mike

Ford, Leighton

Foster, Richard

Fox, Matthew

Gire, Ken

Goleman, Daniel

Goll, James

Greig, Pete

Griffin, Emilie

Gru, Jean-Nicholas

Haley Barton, Ruth

Hirsch, Alan

Hybels, Bill

Johnson, Jan

Jones, Alan

Jones, Laurie Beth 

Jones, Tony

Jones, Laurie Beth 

Keating, Thomas

Keller, Timothy

Kelsey, Morton

Moreland, J.P.

Kimball, Dan 

Lamott, Anne

Lucado, Max

MacDonald, Gordon

Manning, Brennan (1934-2013)

May, Gerald

McColman, Carl

McCracken, Brett

McLaren, Brian 

McManus, Erwin

Merton, Thomas (1915-1968)

Miller, Calvin

Miller, Don

Moore, Beth

Mooreland, J.P.

Monk Kidd, Sue

Nouwen, Henri (1932-1996)

Ortberg, John

Pagitt, Doug

Peace, Richard

Pennington, Basil

Peterson, Eugene

Pope Benedict XVI

Rahner, Karl

Rhodes, Tricia

Robbins, Maggie and Duffy

Rohr, Richard

Rolle, Richard

Rhodes, Tricia

Sanford, Agnes (1897-1982)

Scazzero, Pete

Schuller, Robert (1926 – 2015)

Senge, Peter

Shannon, William

Shirer, Priscilla

Sittser, Gerald

Smith Jr., Chuck

Steindl-Rast, David

Strobel, Kyle

St. Romain, Philip

Sweet, Leonard

Talbot, John Michael

Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre (1881- 1955)

Tickle, Phyllis

Thomas, Gary

Thompson, Marjorie

Underhill, Evelyn (1875-1941)

Viola, Frank

Virkler, Mark

Warren, Rick 

Webber, Robert

Wilber, Ken

Willard, Dallas (1935-2013)

Wilson-Hartgrove, Jonathan

Winner, Lauren

Wyatt Kent, Keri

Yaconelli, Mark

Yancey, Phillip

Young, William Paul

 

Generally, Bible Schools, Colleges, Seminaries and Universities now all endorse and teach the New Spirituality to comply with accreditation requirements. Courses are typically called “Spiritual Formation”.