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Taught by God Teaching and Spiritual Formation

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ISBN-10: 0827236492

ISBN-13: 9780827236493

Edition: 2006 (Annotated)

Authors: Karen-Marie Yust, E. Byron Anderson

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The history of the Christian spiritual life suggests that those who truly teach the spiritual life have been themselves "taught by God." The phrase "taught by God" occurs in Christian writings across several centuries. This book draws on the teachers and teaching models that animate Christian history, bringing it into conversation with the issues and concerns of contemporary teachers and learners who seek to follow Christ. The authors contend that the various strands of the Christian spiritual and mystical tradition provide continuing guidance for Christian teachers in the cultivation of their own spiritual lives and the lives of their students. They order this book around four aspects of…    
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Book details

List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Chalice Press
Publication date: 8/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Introduction : something old, something new
The spititual leader as Christian teacher
Teaching from a life of prayer
Life together as teacher and learner
The contemporary search for spirituality
Modes of teaching the spiritual life
Images of the Christian spiritual life
The rule as teacher
The way of return as discipleship method
The cultivation of spiritual knowledge and wisdom
Examination of conscience as evaluative practice
Overcoming obstacles to teaching well
Postscript : something new, something old