Spiritual Formation: A Concise Introduction and Guide
- ISBN-10
- 3030974472
- ISBN-13
- 9783030974473
- Series
- Spiritual Formation
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 107
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2022
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Author
- Corneliu C. Simut
Description
This book is a multichapter introduction to spiritual formation within the Christian tradition. Corneliu C. Simuţ discusses spiritual formation from the views of several Christian thinkers, with a chapter devoted to each thinker. The concluding chapter notes common themes shared by each thinker. The author presents some key Patristic, Medieval, Early Modern, Modern, and Contemporary theologians in a way that is characterized by brevity, concision, and clarity. Thus, this small book is a useful introduction to spiritual formation from a Christian perspective. It would be helpful for a college student or young adult who seeks to be educated on the subject. The conciseness of the book is a benefit. Yet the book raises interesting questions for further pursuit. A very succinct - but comprehensive - historical presentation of sanctification through the lens of spiritual formation, a concept which has been revived in the past two decades, especially in Evangelical circles, this text is useful for a college course in spiritual formation or religion.
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- 2010-08-31
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