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Spiritual Theology A Systematic Study of the Christian Life

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ISBN-10: 0830815422

ISBN-13: 9780830815425

Edition: 1998

Authors: Simon Chan

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A 1999 Academy of Parish Clergy Top Ten Book!Theology is "the doctrine of living unto God," wrote the Puritan theologian William Ames. Unfortunately, post-Enlightenment theology has tended to divorce "doctrine" from "living unto God." And to the degree that this split has been deepened and perpetuated, both theology and spirituality have been impoverished.Spiritual Theology is a rare book. In it, Simon Chan surveys the little-explored landscape where systematic theology and godly praxis meet, highlighting the connections between Christian doctrine and Christian living and drawing out the spiritual implications of particular aspects of systematic theology. Allowing rational formulations to…    
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Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Publication date: 4/29/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Simon Chan (Ph.D., Cambridge) is Earnest Lau Professor of Systematic Theology at Trinity Theological College in Singapore. He is the author of Man and Sin, Pentecostal Theology and the Christian Spiritual Tradition, Spiritual Theology: A Systematic Study of the Christian Life and Liturgical Theology: The Church as Worshiping Community. He is also the associate editor of the Global Dictionary of Theology and the Dictionary of Mission Theology.

Acknowledgments
Preface
The Theological Principles of Spiritual Theology
Christian Spiritual Theology: Its Nature and Criteria
The Christian Doctrine of God as the Foundation of Christian Spirituality
Sin and Human Nature
Salvation and the Life of Spiritual Progress
The Church as the Community of Saints
The Practice of the Spiritual Life
The Theology and Life of Prayer
Spiritual Exercises Focusing on God and Self
Spiritual Exercises Focusing on the Word
Spiritual Exercises Focusing on the World
The Rule of Life
The Discernment of Spirits
The Art of Spiritual Direction
Notes
Bibliography
Index of Persons
Index of Subjects