The Divine Indwelling

by Thomas Keating

These essays discuss several features of centering prayer and the contemplative outreach - Thomas "The Divine Indwelling,” - Thomas R. "Spirituality and Centering Prayer and the Ecclesial Dimension,” - Sarah A. "Lectio Divina as a Tool for Discernment,” - George F. "A Dialogue Between Centering Prayer and Transpersonal Psychology,” - Gail "The Spiritual Network of Contemplative Outreach Limited,” - Paul David "Leadership and Changes Through A Parish Perspective,” and - Thomas "The Practice of Intention/Attention.”

96 pages, Paperback

First published October 15, 2001

About the author

Keating entered the Cistercian Order in Valley Falls, Rhode Island in January, 1944. He was appointed Superior of St. Benedict's Monastery, Snowmass, Colorado in 1958, and was elected abbot of St. Joseph's Abbey, Spencer, Massachusetts in 1961. He returned to Snowmass after retiring as abbot of Spencer in 1981, where he established a program of ten-day intensive retreats in the practice of Centering Prayer, a contemporary form of the Christian contemplative tradition.

He is one of three architects of Centering Prayer, a contemporary method of contemplative prayer, that emerged from St. Joseph's Abbey in 1975. Frs. William Menninger and Basil Pennington, also Cistercian monks, were the other architects.
n 1984, Fr. Thomas Keating along with Gustave Reininger and Edward Bednar, co-founded Contemplative Outreach, Ltd., an international, ecumenical spiritual network that teaches the practice of Centering Prayer and Lectio Divina, a method of prayer drawn from the Christian contemplative tradition. Contemplative Outreach provides a support system for those on the contemplative path through a wide variety of resources, workshops, and retreats.
Fr. Keating currently lives at St. Benedict's Monastery in Snowmass, Colorado.

Reviews

[Eileen · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Divine Indwelling: Centering Prayer and Its Development by Thomas Keating et al. ⓒ 2001 ***½. Collection of essays on centering prayer. Thomas Keating's two essays are well worth reading, as were George Cairns' “Dialogue Between Centering Prayer and Transpersonal Psychology” and Paul Lawson's “Leadership and Change Through Contemplation: A Parish Perspective.” These last two contained new and exciting ideas for me.