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Celebration of Discipline
The Path to Spiritual Growth
Originally published 1978
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An introduction to the classical spiritual disciplines–meditation, prayer, fasting, study, and others–drawing on historical Christian practice across traditions.
Richard Foster published Celebration of Discipline in 1978. The book surveys three categories of spiritual disciplines: inward (meditation, prayer, fasting), outward (simplicity, solitude, submission), and corporate (confession, worship, guidance). Foster draws on sources from the Desert Fathers to the Quakers, presenting the disciplines as accessible pathways rather than ascetic obligations. The work is associated with the Renovaré movement.
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