A Guide to Christian Spiritual Formation - How Scripture, Spirit, Community, and Mission Shape Our Souls

Howard, Evan B.

Baker Academic, Div of Baker Publishing Group（2018/01発売）

Baker Academic, Div of Baker Publishing Group（2018/01発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 288 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780801097805
• DDC分類 248.4

Full Description

Evan Howard, a noted authority on Christian spirituality, provides a holistic, accessible, and informed introduction to Christian spiritual formation written from a broadly evangelical perspective. Howard joins Scripture with themes of community, spirit, formation, and mission in a single integrative guide. The book includes helpful features such as figures, charts, chapter overviews, and formation-focused questions. Its evangelical-ecumenical and global perspectives will appeal to a wide audience. Resources for professors and students are available through Baker Academic's Textbook eSources.

Contents

Contents

Part One: The Basics
1. Christian Spiritual Formation
2. The Story of Christian Spiritual Formation
Part Two: The Elements
3. The Fullness and Aims of Christian Spiritual Formation
4. The Contexts and Agents of Christian Spiritual Formation
5. The Process of Transformation and the Task of Formation
6. The Means of Christian Spiritual Formation
Part Three: The Practice
7. Formed into Prayer
8. Formed Together
9. Formed in Thinking, Feeling, and Acting
10. Formed into Mission
11. Discerning Formation
Part Four: The Ministry
12. The Ministry of Christian Spiritual Formation
Indexes
Epilogue: My Personal History of Spiritual Formation
Indexes