Arthur Holder is Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of Christian Spirituality at Graduate Theological Union. A priest of the Episcopal Church, he is the co-translator of Bede: A Biblical Miscellany (1999) and the translator of Bede: On the Tabernacle (1994). He is currently Co-chair of the Christian Spirituality Group of the American Academy of Religion, and serves on the Governing Board of the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality and the Editorial Board of the Society's journal Spiritus.

The Blackwell Companion to Christian Spirituality is a comprehensive single-volume introduction to Christian spirituality, and represents the most significant recent developments in the field.
* Offers a thoroughly interdisciplinary, broadly ecumenical, and representative overview of the most significant recent developments in the field
* Comprises essays combining rigorous academic scholarship with accessible and elegant writing
* Reflects an understanding of the field as the study of the lived experience of Christian faith and discipleship
* Provides material on biblical, historical, and theological foundations, along with treatment of contemporary issues

Notes on Contributors.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Part I: What is Christian Spirituality?
1. Approaches to the Study of Christian Spirituality.
Part II: Scripture and Christian Spirituality.
2. The Old Testament in Christian Spirituality.
3. The New Testament in Christian Spirituality.
Part III: Christian Spirituality in History.
4. Christian Spirituality during the Roman Empire (100-600).
5. Christian Spirituality in Byzantium and the East (600-1700).
6. Christian Spirituality in the Medieval West (600-1450).
7. European Reformations of Christian Spirituality (1450-1700).
8. Christian Spirituality in Europe and North America since 1700.
9. Christian Spirituality in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Oceania.
Part IV: Theology and Christian Spirituality.
10. Trinitarian Perspectives on Christian Spirituality.
11. Christology in Christian Spirituality.
12. The Holy Spirit in Christian Spirituality.
13. Christian Spirituality and the Theology of the Human Person.
14. The Church as Context for Christian Spirituality.
15. Sacramentality and Christian Spirituality.
16. Christian Spirituality and Theological Ethics.
Part V: Interdisciplinary Dialogue Partners for the Study of Christian Spirituality.
17. Social Sciences.
18. Personality Sciences.
19. Natural Sciences.
20. Aesthetics.
21. Feminist Studies.
22. Ritual Studies.
23. Theology of Religions.
Part VI: Special Topics in Contemporary Christian Spirituality.
24. Experience.
25. Mysticism.
26. Interpretation.
27. Nature.
28. Practice.
29. Liberation.
30. Interfaith Encounter.
Index.