This interdisciplinary study, co-published with the Institute of Formative Spirituality, focuses on the formative and directive aspects of spirituality. Compares and integrates the traditional spiritual wisdom of Teresa of Avila and the contemporary formation dynamics of van Kaam's spirituality and science.

"...a breakthrough in demonstrating the oneness of truth and knowledge in spite of the artificial barriers put up by various branches of knowledge." - Religious Studies Review

"This is a careful and thorough work...which will interest students of historic spirituality and contemporary psychology. Those committed to research in these directions will find Whalen's work a useful model." - Religious Studies Review

"This is a careful and thorough work...which will interest students of historic spirituality and contemporary psychology. Those committed to research in these directions will find Whalen's work a useful model." - Religious Studies Review

"...a breakthrough in demonstrating the oneness of truth and knowledge in spite of the artificial barriers put up by various branches of knowledge." - Religious Studies Review