Barry, William A.

The Practice of Spiritual Direction / William A. Barry and William J. Connolly - New York : Seabury Press, 1982 - xii, 211 p. ; 21 cm.

Introducing spiritual direction. What is spiritual direction? -- The centrality of religious experience -- Fostering the relationship between the directee and the Lord. The relationship between God and individuals -- Fostering the contemplative attitude -- Helping a person notice and share with the Lord key interior facts -- Development of relationship and resistance -- Criteria for evaluation religious experience -- Aspects of the relationship between director and directee. Becoming a spiritual director -- The basis for the relationship between director and directee -- Disturbances in the relationship between director and directee -- Supervision in spiritual direction -- Conclusion.

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Spiritual direction.

BX2350.7 / .B281 1982