Disciplines of the Spirit (Softcover)

By Howard Thurman

Dr. Howard Thurman (1900-1981) minister, educator, philosopher, poet- explores five major dimensions of Spiritual Life, commitment, growing in wisdom and stature, suffering, prayer and reconciliation. 
 
Poet, mystic, and theologian, Founder of the Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples in San Francisco, the first interracial, interdenominational church in the United States. Dr. Thurman has a Honorary Canon of the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York City.
 
 

About the Author

Founder of the Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples in San Francisco---the first interracial, interdenominational church in the United States---Howard Thurman was Honorary Canon of the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York City. 

Poet, mystic, philosopher, and theologian, Howard Thurman authored more than twenty books. At the time of his death in 1981, he was Dean Emeritus of Marsh Chapel, Boston University, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Howard Thurman Educational Trust in San Francisco. He also served as Dean of Rankin Chapel, Howard University, Washington D.C.; as professor at Howard University School of Religion, and as Director of Religious Life at Morehouse and Spelman College, Atlanta.

  • Softcover: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Friends United Press - Richmond, Virginia, Copyright: March 30, 1963
  • Language: English