Martha Reeves (anchorite)

Martha Reeves (born 1941) is an Anglican solitary (or anchorite). A graduate of the Madeira School (Class of 1959), she is also a Stanford educated professor of theology and a mystic under vows to Rowan Williams, the former Archbishop of Canterbury. She has written numerous articles and a series of books under the name "Maggie Ross" (most notably The Fire Of Your Life.[1][2] and the two-part 'Silence: A User's Guide'), as well as translated a number of Carthusian Novice Conferences.[3][4] Reeves, at one time Desmond Tutu's spiritual director,[5] was Bell Distinguished Professor in Anglican and Ecumenical Studies appointed to the Departments of Philosophy and Theology, Kendall College of Arts and Science, University of Tulsa.[6] In March 2008, she donated 'Silence' to the Museum of Curiosity.[7]

Reeves lives in Oxford, the United Kingdom.

Books

  • The Fire of Your Life Maggie Ross, Seabury Books (2007) ISBN 1-59627-051-9
  • Pillars of Flame: Power, Priesthood, and Spiritual Maturity by Maggie Ross, Seabury Books (1992, & 2007) ISBN 1-59627-064-0
  • Seasons of Death and Life: A Wilderness Memoir Maggie Ross, Harpercollins (1990) ISBN 0-06-067024-X
  • The Fountain & the Furnace: The Way of Tears and Fire by Maggie Ross, Paulist Press (1987) ISBN 0809128403
  • Writing the Icon of the Heart Maggie Ross, BRF (2011), ISBN 978-1-84101-878-2
  • Silence: A User's Guide: Part 1: Process, Maggie Ross, Wipf & Stock/Darton, Longman, & Todd (2014), ISBN 978-0232531480
  • Silence: A User's Guide: Part 2: Application, Maggie Ross, Wipf & Stock/Darton, Longman, & Todd (2018), ISBN 978-0232533484
  • '(translator) 'The Way of Silent Love: Carthusian Novice Conferences', A Carthusian, Cistercian Publications / Darton, Longman, & Todd (1993), ISBN 978-0879076498
  • '(translator) 'The Wound of Love: A Carthusian Miscellany', A Carthusian, Cistercian Publications / Darton, Longman, & Todd (1994), ASIN B00HXFPG3Q
  • '(translator) 'The Call of Silent Love: Carthusian Novice Conferences', A Carthusian, Cistercian Publications / Darton, Longman, & Todd (1995), ISBN 978-0852446713

References

  1. ↑ "The Museum of Curiosity - Biographies". BBC. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
  2. ↑ "The Fire of Your Life - Review by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat". Spirituality and Practice. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
  3. ↑ Bell, Richard H. and Barbara L. Battin. Seeds of the Spirit: Wisdom of the Twentieth Century. Westminster John Knox Press (1995), page 148
  4. ↑ Oxford Monastic Institute & Cambridge Epiphany Philosophers. 2018 Epiphany Conference Programme
  5. ↑ Battle, Michael. "Liberation." The Blackwell Companion to Christian Spirituality. Holder, Arthur (ed). Blackwell Publishing (2005), page 523.
  6. ↑ https://artsandsciences.utulsa.edu/academics/departments-schools/philosophy-and-religion/bell-lecture
  7. ↑ The Museum of Curiosity#Series 1


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