Download or read book Effort and Grace written by Simone Kotva and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-27 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Effort and Grace, Simone Kotva explores an exciting new theory of spiritual endeavour from the tradition of French spiritualist philosophy. Spiritual exercise has largely been studied in relation to ancient philosophy and the Ignatian tradition, yet this new engagement with its more recent forms reveals an understanding of contemplative practice as rife with critical potential, addressing urgent cultural concerns. Here Kotva offers an interdisciplinary text tracing the narrative of spiritual exertion through the work of seminal French thinkers Maine de Biran, Félix Ravaisson, Henri Bergson, Alain (Émile Chartier) and Simone Weil. Her findings allow both secular philosophers and theologians to understand how spiritual life can participate in the contemporary philosophical conversation. -- Back cover.