Quest for Spiritual Community
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Quest for Spiritual Community

Reclaiming Spiritual Guidance for Contemporary Congregations

  1. 208 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Quest for Spiritual Community

Reclaiming Spiritual Guidance for Contemporary Congregations

About this book

Many churches recognize the importance of the genuine spiritual hunger in our time and are attempting to bridge the gulf between traditional religious institutions and the contemporary spiritual quest by revitalizing and retooling ancient spiritual practices. This book suggests that it is possible to relish the spiritual quest while honoring tradition and theological inquiry through practices such as spiritual guidance. It presents a sociological analysis of contemporary spirituality, case studies of congregations with spiritual guidance ministries, and reflection on historical practices and Protestant theological roots to explore the strengths and pitfalls of nurturing the contemporary spiritual quest in the average congregation. The resulting vision for congregation-based spiritual guidance incorporates practices that attend to person, community, and mission.

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Information

Publisher
T&T Clark
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9780567038838
eBook ISBN
9780567070456
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Christian Ministry

Table of contents

  1. Table of Contents
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. Foreword
  4. Introduction
  5. Chapter 1: Spiritual Communities in a Culture of Individuals: Understanding the Contemporary Spiritual Quest
  6. Chapter 2: Hearing their Stories: Congregations that Practice Spiritual Guidance
  7. Chapter 3: Looking over their Shoulders: Exemplary Soul Care in Scripture and History
  8. Chapter 4: The Improvising Church: Spiritual Guidance in Protestant Theology and Practice
  9. Chapter 5: Relationships that Form: Toward a Congregation-Based Model for Spiritual Guidance
  10. Epilogue
  11. Bibliography
  12. Index