Spiritual Friendship: Learning to Be Friends with God and One Another

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Spiritual Friendship

Continuing the Conversation

I have placed *** next to those resources I think especially helpful. For overviews of Aelred’s life and additional insight into Spiritual Friendship see: Aelred of Rievaulx: Spiritual Friendship . Edited by Marsha L. Dutton. Translated by Lawrence C. Braceland. Collegeville, MN: Cistercian, 2010.*** Spiritual Friendship: The Classic Text with a Spiritual Commentary by Dennis Billy , C.Ss.R. Translated by M. Eugenia Laker. Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria, 2008. Aelred of Rievaulx’s Spiritual Friendship . Translated by Mark F. Williams. Scranton, PA: University of Scranton Press, 2002. Bernard of Clairvaux and Aelred of Rievaulx. The Love of God and Spiritual Friendship . Edited by James M. Houston. Abridged. Portland, OR: Multnomah, 1983.*** Dutton, Marsha, ed. A Companion to Aelred of Rievaulx (1110–1167). Brill’s Companions to the Christian Tradition 76. Leiden: Brill, 2016. For deeper explorations on the importance of Spiritual Friendship in the lives of Christian leaders and in relation to particular topics see: Austin, Victor Lee. Friendship: The Heart of Being Human . Pastoring for Life. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2020.***