Beloved Dust : Tides of the Spirit in the Christian Life

by Hughes, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780826428424
• ISBN10: 0826428428
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-08-01
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Academic

Summary

Beloved Dust takes a realistic and contemporary view of human being as entirely physical (dust) and then shows it immersed in three great tides of the Holy Spirit, the traditional threefold rhythm of conversion, transfiguration, and glory.

Table of Contents

The Reconstruction of Spiritual Theology
Introduction: The State of the Discipline	p. 3
The Rise and Fall of Spiritual Theology	p. 10
Resources for Resurrection	p. 37
Dust	p. 53
The Tides of the Spirit First Tidal Current: Converted Oust
Conversion and Grace	p. 71
Conversion and Early Grace	p. 71
Conversion From	p. 77
Conversion To	p. 97
Conversion By	p. 106
Conversion and the Moral Struggle	p. 122
The Life of Constant Conversion	p. 122
The Theological Virtues	p. 131
The Cardinal Virtues	p. 151
Conversion, Psyche, and Theology	p. 164
Behavioral Science and Spiritual Growth: Psychodynamic Theories	p. 164
Behavioral Science and Spiritual Growth: Sociocultural Theories	p. 185
Theologies of Self-Transcendenceand Spiritual Style	p. 196
Four Layers of Conversion	p. 213
Bringing It Together	p. 232
The First Interlude
The First Slack, or "Second Conversion"	p. 245
Second Tidal Current: Transfigured Dust
Charting the Second Tide	p. 257
Transfiguration: The Second Tidal Current	p. 257
The Divine Milieu: Hunting the Manifest in Teilhard de Chardin	p. 270
The Implicit Love of God in Simone Weil	p. 280
The Four Forms of Implicit Love	p. 297
Love of Neighbor, Vocation, and Study	p. 297
Love of the Order and Beauty of the World and Work	p. 311
Love of Religious Practices and Prayer	p. 324
Love of Friendship and Life in Community	p. 342
The Second Interlude
The Dark Night of the Soul	p. 358
Third Tidal Current: Glorified Dust
Waves of Glory	p. 373
Abbreviations and Bibliography	p. 391
Index	p. 413
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