The Titus Brandsma Institute has an extensive library on the subject of spirituality.
It comprises some 90.000 titles, including 15 manuscripts, 21 incunabula and 65 post-incunabula. There are also about 7.500 brochures and smaller publications.
Roughly one third of the collection comes from the libraries of Carmelite institutions or collections belonging to Carmelites, one third from donations by other religious institutions and a third has been acquired over the years.
Every year the collections grows by about 1000 books through donations and acquisitions.
The collection is classified into thirty sections.
Sections
1. Reference works
2. Bibliographies
3. Serial works
4. Human sciences
5. Bible
5a. Psalms
6. Life of Jesus
7. Mariology and Josephology
8. Art and spirituality
9. Asceticism and mysticism (general)
10. History of spirituality
11. British spirituality
12. German spirituality
13. French spirituality
14. Italian spirituality
15. Spanish spirituality
16. Dutch spirituality
17. Spirituality of earthly values
17a. Feminist spirituality
17b. Liberation spirituality
18. Prayer
19. Priesthood; prieslty office; celibacy; seminary training
20. Liturgy
21. General church history
22. Dutch church history
23. Religious
24. Eastern Christianity
25. Religious studies
26. Judaica
27. Hagiography
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