Concerning the Inner Life

by Evelyn Underhill

Publishers:

Methuen & Co.; E. P. Dutton & Co.

, 1926

Overview

The Mystical Works of Evelyn Underhill comprises the most important works of one of the foremost writers on spirituality and Christian mysticism of the early twentieth century. The collection opens with Underhill’s most widely read work: Mysticism. A general introduction to the concept, followed by a comprehensive exploration of the nature and development of human mystical consciousness, this work defined a wing of the Christian religion that found its footing at the turn of the century. The subsequent 10 volumes articulate the finer points of Underhill’s religious philosophy, elucidating the place of mysticism within the personal, practical, historical, and institutional realms. This volume contains the text of Evelyn Underhill’s Concerning the Inner Life.

Contents

Top Highlights

“You have to show them in your own person the literal truth of the other great Ignatian saying: ‘I come from God—I belong to God—I am destined for God!’” (Page 10)

“On that profound and secret life the whole growth and stability of the tree depend. It is rooted and grounded in a hidden world.” (Page 8)

“I feel more and more convinced that only a spirituality which thus puts the whole emphasis on the Reality of God, perpetually turning to Him, losing itself in Him, refusing to allow even the most pressing work or practical problems, even sin and failure, to distract from God—only this is a safe foundation for spiritual work.” (Page 12)

“It means that man’s first duty is adoration; and his second duty is awe; and only his third duty is service. And that for those three things and nothing else, addressed to God and no one else, you and I and all the other countless human creatures evolved upon the surface of this planet were created.” (Page 9)

“We are drifting towards a religion which consciously or unconsciously keeps its eye on humanity rather than on Deity—which lays all the stress on service, and hardly any of the stress on awe: and that is a type of religion, which in practice does not wear well.” (Page 4)

Product Details

• Title: Concerning the Inner Life
• Author: Evelyn Underhill
• Publishers: Methuen & Co., E. P. Dutton & Co.
• Print Publication Date: 1926
• Logos Release Date: 2014
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Christian life
• Resource ID: LLS:CNCRNNGNNRLF
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:27:00Z

About Evelyn Underhill

Evelyn Underhill (6 December 1875–15 June 1941) was an English Anglo-Catholic writer and pacifist known for her numerous works on religion and spiritual practice, in particular Christian mysticism. In the English-speaking world, she was one of the most widely read writers on such matters in the first half of the twentieth century.