This most comprehensive one-volume collection of classic Eastern Christian readings from the first to the twentieth century touches al aspects of spiritual growth and development, including the mystical contemplative, and ascensional dimensions, with practical apphyadons Noted scholar George A. Maloney, S.J., shows how the spiritua, teach ings of the Christian East offer a dynamic view of the inner live and spiritual disciplines quite different in accent from Western praxis

Pilgrimage of the Heart opens with an enlightening introductory essay that surveys the breadth, diversity, and history of major teachers and movements from the Desert Fathers to recent Catholic and Orthe dox writings and distills the distinctive features of Eastern spirituality. Selections are arranged so as to reflect the stages on the way of spiritual development from the point of view of the great writers of this tradition. Pilgrimage of the Heart commences with the Eastern Chris tian articulation of the human situation, explains the process by which we come to experience and understand the human and divine spheres, and unfolds what one must do to realize the potential for personal and corporate transformation. Along the way, key selections illumine disciplines and techniques to aid spiritual growth at various stages.

George A. Maloney, S.J., taught theology for sixteen years at Ford- ham University, where he is current- ly the director of the Master's Pro- gram of the John XXIII Institute for Eastern Christian Studies. He travels widely throughout the United States and Canada, preach- ing retreats and giving workshops on prayer for priests, nuns, and laity. The editor of DIAKONIA: An Ecumenical Journal to Promote Eastern Christianity in the West, Father Maloney has published twenty-seven books, primarily con- cerned with prayer and the spiritual life and drawing largely on insights from Eastern Christianity