Spiritual Disciplines Bibliography

Consider the following books for learning more about spiritual disciplines and their relationship to personal and corporate spiritual formation1:

  • Benson, Bob, Disciplines for the Inner Life
  • Foster, Richard, Celebration of Discipline
  • Foster, Richard, Prayer
  • Foster, Richard, Simplicity
  • Lawrence, Brother, The Practice of the Presence of God
  • MacDonald, Gordon, Renewing Your Spiritual Passion
  • Ortberg, John, The Life You've Always Wanted
  • Peterson, Eugene, A Long Obedience in the Same Direction
  • Peterson, Eugene, The Contemplative Pastor
  • Sire, James W., Habits of the Mind
  • Whitney, Donald, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life
  • Willard, Dallas, Renovation of the Heart
  • Willard, Dallas, The Spirit of the Disciplines
  • Willard, Dallas, The Divine Conspiracy
  • Willard, Dallas, Hearing God 

Classic books on spiritual disciplines

  • Andrew Murray, The Inner Chamber
  • Bernard of Clairvaux, On Loving God
  • Blaise Pascal, Pensées
  • Brother Ugolino de Monte Sants, The Little Flowers of St. Francis
  • C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
  • C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
  • Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
  • George Fox, Journal of George Fox
  • Hannah Hyurnard, Hinds Feet on High Places
  • Hannah Whitall Smith, The Christian's Secret of the Happy Life
  • Jeremy Taylor, Holy Living
  • John Baille, A Diary of Private Prayers
  • John Bunyan, The Pilgrims Progress
  • Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest
  • St. Augustine, Confessions
  • St. Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life
  • St. Ignatius, The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius
  • St. John of the Cross, The Dark Night of the Soul
  • Thomas a' Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
  • Thomas Kelly, A Testament to Devotion
  • Watchman Nee, The Normal Christian Life
  • William Law, A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life

1  This list adapted and revised from www.watersedge.tv/disciplines_bibliography.htm.