__'Carefully edited, this beautiful little volume is a rare gem . . . highly recommended for anyone seeking new inspiration in prayer.' - The Reader__

Between 1924 and 1938, Evelyn Underhill compiled two personal prayer books for use when conducting spiritual retreats at Pleshey (the retreat house for the diocese of Chelmsford). The prayers were carefully selected and include quotes from a variety of theologians and writers in Christian spirituality, as well as her own very rich, metaphorical and theologically deep prayers.   
  
These collections are now available for the first time.

Evelyn Underhill

If Entrepreneurs Ran the Church

About the author

Foreword

Introduction

Discovering the Prayer Books

Underhill's story - von Hügel's influence

Authors of the selected prayers

Underhill's retreat leading

Evelyn Underhill’s Book of Private Prayers1

1 Our Father

2 Communion with God

3 God's love

4Grace

5God's will

6Transformation

7Protection

8The true pilot

9 O Master Christ

10Mortification

11Eriugena

12St Teresa

13Service

14Joy

Veni Domine

15The saints

16Love

17Fervour

19Perseverance

20Charity

Advent

21Service

22Ruysbroeck

23Election

24Dedication

Oblation

25Before communion

26Retreat

27Beatitudes

28For grace

29Benediction

30The holy house

31Christ's presence

32Co-operation

Seeking God

33Patience

34Suffering

Prevenience

35Right judgement

Purification

36Élisabeth Leseur

37Self-emptying

St Augustine

38Nicholas of Cusa

Simplicity

39Rabia

Inquietum cor nostrum17

Mutual charity

40Confession

41Light

42For mercy

Order

43House of prayer

Humility

44The way

For light

45God's generosity

46Prayer

47The Holy Spirit

Thanksgiving

48Abandonment

49Grace

The divine assistance

50Fraternal love

51Sacrifice

52Charity

53Pascal

Epiphany

54St Ethelwold

Union

55 Peace

Knowledge

56Guidance

Divine love

57Christ triumphant

58Members of Christ

Christ the way

59Margaret's prayer

60Prière simple

61Greek Post Communion

62Post Communion

63Indwelling light

Change

64Before communion

65Indwelling love

Forbearance

66Forgiveness

'Carefully edited, this beautiful little volume is a rare gem . . . highly recommended for anyone seeking new inspiration in prayer.' - The Reader

Between 1924 and 1938, Evelyn Underhill compiled two personal prayer books for use when conducting spiritual retreats at Pleshey (the retreat house for the diocese of Chelmsford). The prayers were carefully selected and include quotes from a variety of theologians and writers in Christian spirituality, as well as her own very rich, metaphorical and theologically deep prayers.   
  
These collections are now available for the first time.

A gift volume comprising Evelyn Underhill's two personal prayer books, rediscovered 75 years after her death.

Such is the far-reaching influence of the modern mystic Evelyn Underhill that she is commemorated liturgically by the Church of England on 15 June. Her best-known book, Mysticism, was widely read in the first half of the twentieth century and her work continues to have great impact on the theology of contemporary spiritual writers, such as Richard Rohr. Between 1924 and 1938, Evelyn Underhill compiled two personal prayer books for use when conducting spiritual retreats at Pleshey (the retreat house for the diocese of Chelmsford). The prayers were carefully selected and include quotes from a variety of theologians and writers in Christian spirituality, as well as her own very rich, metaphorical and theologically deep prayers. This volume makes these collections available for the first time.

Foreword by Eugene Peterson Preface by Rowan Williams, Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, who was delighted to hear of the discovery of the prayer books and wrote to Robyn Wrigley-Carr, 'they surely must be published.' He suggested SPCK as the publisher and is completely behind project Prayers modernized for accessibility Divided into sections such as suffering, hope, Christ, etc, with a full index for ease of use Features a book plate showing a page of the original two-colour text (calligraphy) and photographs of Evelyn Underhill Includes an accessible introduction by Robyn Wrigley-Carr to Evelyn Underhill - her significance as a woman theologian, writer in mysticism and retreat leader; also tells the story of how the prayer books were rediscovered and provides notes on the main themes in the prayers It's rare to discover a personal book of prayers belonging to an important spiritual author after such a long period Will appeal to an educated popular audience with or without an affiliation to the Church

Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941) was an English Anglo-Catholic writer and pacificist known for her numerous works on religion and spiritual practice, in particular Christian mysticism. Dr Robyn Wrigley-Carr is senior lecturer in Theology and Spirituality at Alphacrusis College, Sydney, Australia. She has a Masters degree in Spiritual Theology from Regent College, Vancouver, and was awarded a PhD by the University of St Andrews in 2013 for her doctorate on Baron Friedrich von Hugel, Evelyn Underhill's spiritual director of whom she said, 'I owe my spiritual life'.

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Collected together for the first time, this new book of prayer by Evelyn Underhill are a timeless and moving into a prayer life of depth and meaning.

Evelyn Underhill's Prayer Book

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