Centering Prayer: Further Reading and Links

Centering Prayer is described in considerable detail in a number of books including:

Johnson, William (Editor), The cloud of unknowing & the book of privy council, Image, 1973.
Keating, Thomas & Reininger, Gustave (Editor), Centering prayer in daily life and ministry, Continuum, 1998.
Keating, Thomas & Pennington, M. Basil & Clarke, Thomas E., Finding grace at the center, St Bede's, 1978.
Keating, Thomas, Open mind, open heart: the contemplative dimension of the gospel, Continuum, 1986
Pennington, M. Basil, Centering prayer: renewing an ancient Christian prayer form, Image, 1980.
Pennington, M. Basil, Centered living, Redemptorist Press, 1999.

The Daughters of St Paul's City Books & Media shop in Sydney usually have most of these books in stock. Call them on 02-92648630 or go to http://www.paulinebooks.com.au. 

For more about Centering Prayer on the Internet, follow these links:

Fr. Thomas Keating's Contemplative Outreach website.
The Lectio Divina site (in particular http://www.lectiodivina.org/centeringPrayer.htm).
The online book by Fr. Basil Pennington, "Centered Living: The Way of Centering Prayer" 
The Contemplative Outreach Northwest site.
Contemplative Outreach of Northern California site
Writings on Centering Prayer, Lectio Divina, and Contemplative Living 
Centering Prayer in terms of the Twelve Step tradition
Contemplative Outreach Birmingham 
Shaun McCarty: Centering Prayer Trinitarian? 
Ascension Mission: Prayer & Meditation
ACarmelite Tradition and Centering Prayer/Christian Meditation (Ernest Larkin O.Carm)
Teresa of Avila and Centering Prayer  (Ernest Larkin O.Carm)

Now for something a bit different:

Rev. John D. Dreher: The Danger of Centering Prayer

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