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(''Spirit and Life. Review for Christian Spirituality'') is a bimonthly review published by the German
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. Dedicated to the theology of spiritual life, Christian
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, and the spiritual practice thereof, it is the only review its kind in German. It appears six times per year, with 80 pages each issue. was founded 1926 in
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as ''Zeitschrift für Aszese und Mystik'' (Review for Ascesis and Mysticism). The basic modern concept of the journal was created by F. Friedrich Wulf SJ, the journal's editor from 1947 to 1989, who took part as a theological consultant in the
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(1962–1965). Its theological program is influenced by the Spanish review ''La vida sobrenatural'', founded by J.G. Arintero OP (Bilbao 1921) and the French ''Revue d’ascetique et de mystique'', established by J. de Guibert SJ (Toulouse 1920). Its editorial program is informed by an "integrative spirituality" in the tradition of
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, the founder of the Jesuit order. It accepts contributions of quality written in English with a view to translation into German. The aim of is to provide a forum in which people from different theological traditions, who are interested in spirituality, reflect on the Holy Spirit's action in the Church and in their personal lives. It has been published under the title since 1947 (vol. 20) at Echter Verlag in
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, Germany. From 1929 to 2004 the editorial office was located in
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; today it is located in
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. Other Jesuit reviews of Christian spirituality are ''The Way'' (Oxford), ''Christus'' (Paris), ''Manresa'' (Madrid), and ''Review for Religious'' (Saint Louis, Missouri).


Literature

* "Zeitschrift für Aszese u. Mystik", in L. Koch (ed.), ''Jesuiten-Lexikon. Gesellschaft Jesu einst und jetzt''. Paderborn 1934, 1869 * August Brunner, "", in 20 (1947), 3-11 * Corona Bamberg, "Kennwort ", in 50 (1977), 3-9 * "Directory of Reviews of Ignatian Spirituality", in ''Review of Ignatian Spirituality (Bulletin of the Council on Ignatian Spirituality)'' XXXVI/2 (2006), n. 112, 53-139. * Andreas Schönfeld, "Integrative Spiritualität. Zum 80. Jahrgang von ''", in 80 (2007), 1-8 * Andreas Schönfeld (ed.), ''Spiritualität im Wandel. Leben aus Gottes Geist''. Festschrift for 75th anniversary of , with a foreword by Karl Cardinal Lehmann. Echter Verlag, Würzburg 2002, * Friedrich Wulf, "50 Jahre ", in 50 (1977), 1-2 * Ludger A. Schulte, ''Aufbrauch aus der Mitte. Zur Erneuerung der Theologie christlicher Spiritualität im 20. Jahrhundert - im Spiegel von Wirken und Werk Friedrich Wulfs SJ (1908-1990)''. Echter Verlag, Würzburg 1998,


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