The Upper Room Dictionary of Christian Spiritual Formation

About this book

Whether youre just beginning to pay attention to the spiritual life or are helping others as a friend pastor or spiritual director heres a good place to start seeking information about spiritual formation. With the help of more than 50 scholars from many denominations The Upper Room has prepared a basic introduction to Christian spiritual formation: your guide to great teachers of the past and present to important topics in Christian spirituality and to ways of praying and leading groups in prayer and spiritual growth. With enough information to get you started but not so much to overwhelm the more than 470 articles are the first place to turn for answers to questions like these: Whats spiritual formation? Whats grace? How does grace help me grow? Whos Hildegard of Bingen? What did she write? How can I grow in forgiveness? What are Fowlers ""stages of faith""? What are other ways of talking about stages of spiritual growth? Additional features include a comparative chart of different Christian spiritual traditions and a listing of significant spiritual classics by title so that you can find the author.