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200 10$aSpiritual Formation $eA Concise Introduction and Guide /$fby Corneliu C. Simu?
205   $a1st ed. 2022.
210  1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2022.
215   $a1 online resource (107 pages)
311 08$aPrint version: Simu?, Corneliu C. Spiritual Formation Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783030974466 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $a1. Introduction: A Concise Survey of Spiritual Formation -- 2. 'Renewal in Its Various Stages of Progress': Spiritual Formation as Divine Journey in Origen Adamantius -- 3. 'Our Struggle Is for the Contemplation of the Holy Trinity': Spiritual Formation as Divine Contemplation in Evagrius Ponticus -- 4. 'God, Soul, and Flesh': Spiritual Formation as Divine Embodiment in Aurelius Augustine -- 5. 'Endure Hard Labor for Christ': Spiritual Formation as Christological Imitation in Thomas à Kempis -- 6. 'The Word That Brings the Voice': Spiritual Formation as Christological Speaking in Martin Luther -- 7. 'Christ Had to Become Ours': Spiritual Formation as Christological Living in John Calvin -- 8. 'Universal Obedience Is Essential': Spiritual Formation as Constant Mortification in John Owen -- 9. 'Let Me Never Be Separated from Him': Spiritual Formation as Total Submission in Blaise Pascal -- 10. 'All the Talents He Has': Spiritual Formation asChristian Perfection in John Wesley -- 11. 'They Will Reign in Love': Spiritual Formation as Sanctified Affections in Jonathan Edwards -- 12. 'The Book Has Warmed My Heart': Spiritual Formation as Bible Reading in Charles Spurgeon -- 13. 'We Catechize Because We Must': Spiritual Formation as Evangelistic Catechesis in James Packer -- 14. Conclusion: Spiritual Formation as Transformative Reality.
330   $aThis book is a multichapter introduction to spiritual formation within the Christian tradition. Corneliu C. Simu? 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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