John Main Publishers Newsletter - June 2024 Mitchem is a professor of

Mitchem is a professor of theology and ethics at the University of Detroit Mercy in Michigan

Her bestselling books include Soul Sisters and Christ in the Margins

Sugirtharajah is Professor Emeritus in Biblical Hermeneutics at Birmingham University

But this was only one step along a journey of faith

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John Main Publishers Newsletter - June 2024 Mitchem is a professor ofJohn Main (1926 1982), an English Benedictine monk, pioneered the practice of Christian meditation. His genius was to recover a way into the contemplative experience for ordinary people within the Christian tradition. Hailed by Bede Griffiths as the "most important spiritual guide in the church today," Mains work inspired the foundation of the World Community for Christian Meditation and a network of hundreds of meditation groups around the world.