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Spiritual Theology - The Theology of Yesterday for Spiritual Help Today (Paperback, New)
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Spiritual Theology - The Theology of Yesterday for Spiritual Help Today (Paperback, New)
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Loot Price R328
Discovery Miles 3 280
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Often spirituality today is isolated from church teaching and
doctrine, as in Joseph Campbell's treatment of myth and the many
forms of New Age theologies, but doctrine apart from the life of
prayer is abstract and sterile. In Spiritual Theology Allen turns
to the great teachers of the past-the church fathers, Augustine,
Maximus the Confessor, Bonaventure, Hugh of St. Victor, Calvin and
Luther, George Herbert-to recover a spirituality that is rich with
the doctrines and disciplines of theology. Allen covers the great
questions of the spiritual life: what is the Christian goal? what
leads us toward that goal, and what hinders us? what is conversion?
how can we discern our progress in the spiritual life? what are the
fruits of the Spirit? A second purpose of the book is to introduce
readers to the disciplines and texts of the threefold way, found in
the eastern church from the fourth century on. Allen writes simply
and clearly of the active life and the development of virtue, and
the contemplative life, which includes coming to know God through
the Book of Nature and the Book of Scripture as well as directly,
face to face, which is the domain of mystical theology. This book
is a basic and accessible introduction to the classic writings and
doctrines of the spiritual life.
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