Book description
This surprisingly modern, twelfth-century classic has long been popular
with monks. Now this new edition opens up the riches of this spiritual
masterpiece to a wide audience of contemporary readers who see the
spiritual life not as a solitary enterprise, but one intimately
connected to relationships. Written in dialogue form, Spiritual
Friendship offers wise counsel on many aspects of friendship. Dennis
Billy, C. Ss. R., editor of the innovative Classics with Commentary
series, has once again provided readers with an invaluable introduction
and background. The popular translation by M. Eugenia Laker is
complemented by Billy's helpful commentary and thoughtful reflection
questions. Father Dennis Billy, C. Ss. R., is a teacher, writer, and
poet. Ordained a Redemptorist priest in 1980, he taught the history of
moral theology and Christian spirituality at the Alphonsian Academy of
Rome's Pontifical Lateran University for more than twenty years,
reaching the rank of Ordinary Professor. In 2008 he was installed as the
John Cardinal Krol Chair of Moral Theology as a scholar-in-residence at
St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. He also serves
as the Karl Rahner Professor of Catholic Theology at the Graduate
Theological Foundation in Mishawaka, Indiana. Raised in Staten Island,
New York, and educated there through high school in local Catholic
schools, he graduated from Dartmouth College and went on to receive four
master's degrees, as well as doctorates from Harvard University, the
Pontifical University of St. Thomas, and the Graduate Theological
Foundation. Billy is the author of numerous books and articles, both
popular and scholarly.
