Foundations of Spirituality

The Human and the Holy; A Systematic Approach

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

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Beskrivning

How does the Holy come to meet the human? Or, said another way, how does God work with the physical, psychic, and spiritual persons that each of us are? Scholarly approaches to spirituality often overlook the need for a sound anthropology as the base for explaining conversion, the dynamic of grace, and the effects of conversion in virtue theory. In Foundations of Spirituality, longtime educator Carla Mae Streeter provides a more adequate account of what it means to be a person before God. By mining the insights of Bernard Lonergan on human consciousness and the virtue theory of Thomas Aquinas, she presents a clear and integrated incarnational spirituality.Streeter argues that God works with precisely what God has made, enhancing it rather than overriding or disposing of it. The basic premise of this book is that every person is called to holiness, which comes about through the relationship of the human with the Divine. It is a divine summons heard and responded to by a human being.Carla Mae Streeter, OP, is professor emerita at the Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis, Missouri, where she continues to teach in the areas of systematic theology and spirituality.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-01-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 10 mm
Vikt:227 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:152
Förlag:Liturgical Press
ISBN:9780814680711

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Carla Mae Streeter, OP, is professor emerita at the Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis, Missouri, where she continues to teach in the areas of systematic theology and spirituality.

Recensioner i media

A lucid, hospitable, comprehensive book, seeded in Bernard Lonergan and Robert Doran’s work on conversion. The author, nurtured in her own rich Dominican tradition, asserts that the human is spiritual from the outset. It is this human that the Holy ‘woos into holiness.’ It is a wondrous story, narrated in many religious traditions. Streeter’s scholarly, systematic, theological text explains how we are forged in truth, goodness and beauty.Cora Twohig-Moengangongo, Theologian, Independent Scholar, Toronto, Ontario

Innehållsförteckning

ContentsAcknowledgments xiIntroduction: What Is Spirituality? xiiiA Simple Definition xivTaking the Human Seriously xviWhen God Comes Courting xviiiTransformation of the Human xixChapter One: The Context for a Study of Spirituality 1Spirituality and the Sciences 1A Second Axial Shift? 3What Kind of Interiority? 6What Anthropology Is Needed? 9A New Look at Humanness 14Rethinking Human Anthropology 14A Revised Anthropology 15A Functional Perspective 17The Soul as Measure of the Culture 18The Relational Links 20A Blessed Accountability 21Measuring the Culture 22Summary 23Chapter Two: Spirituality as a Universal Phenomenon 25An Experience and a Study 25Clarifying Development Terms 26Religion 26Holiness 27Historical Sketch 28Then and Now 28In Between 29New Wine 30Spirituality and Theology 30A Troubled Marriage 30Divorce 30Reconciliation and Renewal 31Spirituality as a Discipline 34The Method Used in This Study 35Summary 36Chapter Three: The Distinctness of Christian Spirituality 38A Communal/Relational Presence 39An Incarnational/Integrative Presence 42A Sacramental/Liturgical Presence 44Summary 47Chapter Four: The Anthropological Foundation 48The Human Organism 48Energy 50Tension 51Sexuality 53The Human Psyche 56Psychic Functions 56Emotion 57Psychic Scarring 58The Human Spirit 59The Apex 61Experiencing 62Understanding 63Judging 64Deciding 65Vectors, Biases, and Imperatives 66Summary 70Chapter Five: The Divine Foundation 72Total Reality 72Energy and Grace-Life 75Theological Virtue 78Conversion and Further Transformation 81Cardinal Moral Virtue 84Love’s Discretion: Prudence 86Love’s Fairness: Justice 87Love’s Courage: Fortitude 87Love’s Moderation: Temperance 88Gifts of the Holy Spirit 90In Cognitive Operation: Wisdom, Understanding, and Knowledge 91In Evaluative/Decisional Operation: Counsel and Piety 91In Spontaneous and Considered Emotion: Fear of the Lord and Fortitude 92Summary 92Chapter Six: The Beautiful Human Being 95Naming the Beauty: In the Huma n 95Knowing the Beauty: Fruits and Beatitudes 98Nourishing the Beauty: Forgiveness and Prayer 106Summary 109Conclusion 111Diagrams 113General Bibliography 116Index 128