These people, practices, and language related to Contemplative teachings are listed due to the increasing influence of the Contemplative Movement. Problems with this movement are multiple and have been addressed on this site. These problems include influences from Richard Rohr and Perennial Wisdom, as well as the fact that the practices are not based on the Bible, but rather on monastic regulations, teachings/texts of mystics, Eastern meditaton methods, and unsound doctrine. Specific areas of concern have been addressed in CANA articles here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here, as well as a two-part article on two popular books by Contemplative teacher Ruth Haley Barton here and here.
Some of the words listed have legitimate meaning in other contexts, but I am speaking of the common use of these words in Contemplative spirituality. There are too many books to include, so they are left out.
Terms, Places, Etc.
Anam Cara
Be Still (misuse of)
(The) Be Still DVD
Breath (breathing techniques for prayer, contemplation)
Centering Prayer
(The) Cloud of Unknowing
Contemplative Practices
Desert Fathers, Desert Mothers
Desert Monastics
False Self, True Self
God’s Whisper
Inner Life
Interior Voice
Interior World
Life with God Bible (formerly the Renovare Spiritual Formation Study Bible)
Lectio Divina
Listening Ministry
Listening Prayer
Renovare
Rhythms/Spiritual Rhythms
Sacred word/phrase
Shadow Self
Shalem Institute
Silence (and Practice of)
Solitude (and Practice of)
Soul Care
Soul Shepherding
Spiritual Director
Spiritual Disciplines
Spiritual Formation
Spiritual Practices/Disciplines
Still, small voice of God
Wounds, Woundedness
Major Teachers/Promoters
David G. Benner
Doug & Adele Calhoun
John of the Cross
Lisa Colon Delay
Tilden Edwards
Phylicia Masonheimer (promotes Contemplative Prayer, Thomas Keating, Renovare, Dallas Willard, Richard Foster, etc.)
Bill Gaultiere
Peter Greig
Phileena Heuertz
Clare Loughrige
William Meninger
Thomas Merton
Robert M. Mulholland
John Ortberg
Basil Pennington
Eugene Peterson
Rob Reimer
Richard Rohr
A. J. Sherrill
Priscilla Shirer
Tyler Staton
Dallas Willard
This is far from an exhaustive list.
Short link for article: https://tinyurl.com/3b297786