SPIRIT OF DISCIPLINES

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• ISBN13: 9780060694418
• ISBN10: 0060694416
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1988-01-01
• Publisher: HARP/COLL

Summary

Suggests spiritual disciplines whose practice can reaffirm one's life and deepen one's daily relationship with God

Author Biography

Dallas Willard, a professor at the University of Southern California's School of Philosophy, has held visiting appointments at UCLA and the University of Colorado. A Southern Baptist Minister, his ground-breaking books In Search of Guidance and The Divine Conspiracy have forever changed the way thousands of Christians experience their faith.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vi
Preface	p. viii
The Secret of the Easy Yoke	p. 1
Making Theology of the Disciplines Practical	p. 11
Salvation Is a Life	p. 28
"Little Less Than a God"	p. 44
The Nature of Life	p. 56
Spiritual Life: The Body's Fulfillment	p. 75
St. Paul's Psychology of Redemption--The Example	p. 95
History and the Meaning of the Disciplines	p. 130
Some Main Disciplines for the Spiritual Life	p. 156
Is Poverty Spiritual?	p. 193
The Disciplines and the Power Structures of This World Epilogue	p. 251
Jeremy Taylor's Counsel on the Application of Rules for Holy Living	p. 255
Discipleship: For Super-Christians Only?	p. 258
Bibliography	p. 266
Name Index	p. 271
Subject Index	p. 273
Scripture Index	p. 275
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