Defining Christian
Spirituality
Spirituality needs to engage a tradition in order to be accountable.
A Christian Spirituality needs to understand the Christian tradition
that informs it apart from the cultural wrappings... (more)
Types of Christian
Spirituality
Although there are many Christian spirituality, they are each an authentic
expression of people who have a lived experience of God through Christ...
(more)
Christianity
and Culture
We've been looking at how Christianity is interpreted differently by
different groups of people. H. Richard Niebuhr identifies five ways
that Christianity gets expressed in the world... (more)
Principalities
and Powers
Redemption means actually being liberated from the oppression of the
Powers, and being engaged in liberating the Powers themselves from their
bondage to idolatry... (more)
Hearers and
Doers of the Word
The significance of Christ can only be understood by reading the Bible
as a whole story. Even themes and metaphors such as salvation, shepherd,
way and truth take on a much broader meaning... (more)
Introduction to Origen
What does Origen's understanding of the Good News offer to our lives?
Origen encourages the reading of Scripture as a living source that speaks
to us, to our personal human condition today... (more)
Origen's Allegorical
Method
Origen invites us to enter Scripture and listen to what God is saying.
He says that we need to learn the symbolic language of God by coming
to the Scripture with an intention and openness to learn... (more)
Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina as a way of prayer emphasizes how our life as Christians
is rooted in relationship. A life of love and devotion is to come out
of our love for God, in response to being loved by God... (more)
Journey, Ascent
and Development
Three classical metaphors have been used throughout the history of Christianity
to describe the spiritual journey: Journey, Ascent and Developmental...
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Introduction to Niebuhr
Niebuhr's thought grew out of a response to the liberal theology prevalent
in America that had lost its connection with the basic tenets of the
Christian message... (more)
Reconstruction of Faith
How does this reconstruction of faith take place? Niebuhr clearly says
that it is in our weakness that we come to understand how God is our
friend... (more)
Niebuhr's Understanding
of Revelation
Niebuhr defines revelation as a shared event among people that touches
us deeply, tells us what it means to be human in relation to God and
makes all other events in our lives intelligible... (more)