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Index
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Abstract
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Imagination: Seeing the World as God Sees It and Intends It
2 Lectio Divina and Ignatian Gospel Contemplation: Then and Now
Lectio Divina
Ignatian Gospel Contemplation
Definitions: Meditation and Contemplation
Meditation and Contemplation in Lectio Divina and Ignatian Gospel Contemplation
Contemplatives in Action
3 Renewal
Recovering from a Perceived Loss
Authenticity of the Preacher
Dwelling with the Text
4 Repositioning
The Effect of Time Pressure and Pastoral Demands
The Tension between Personal Devotions and Formal Sermon Preparation
The Value of the Ignatian Gospel Contemplation’s Third Prelude
The Place of Exegesis
5 Reorientation
New Connections with the Congregation
The Imagination
Contemplatives in Action
6 Back to the Future: Twenty-First-Century Answers for First-Century Questions
First Emmaus Question: “What are you discussing with each other while you walk along?”
Second Emmaus Question: “Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer these things and then enter into his glory?”
Third Emmaus Question: “Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the Scriptures to us?”
Appendix A Ignatian Gospel Contemplation on the Nativity
Appendix B Participatory Action Research Method
Participatory Action Research
PEArL
Appendix C Preacher’s Manual
Lectio Divina and Ignatian Contemplation in Preaching
Contents
Imagination
Lectio Divina
Ignatian Contemplation
Definitions of Meditation and Contemplation
Bibliography
About Langham Partnership
Endnotes
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