06-09-2006
The Spirit that moves: Orientqation and Issues in Spirituality
P.G.R. de Villiers, C. Kourie & C. Lombaard (eds.)
ISBN: 0-86886-713-6
196 pp . Published by the University of the Free State
Date of publication: July 2006
This volume is the first fruits of the activities of a new association for the study of spirituality that was established recently in South Africa (SPIRASA). In a first introductory article, the history of this new association is briefly sketched and the volume introduced. The volume then focuses on the vexing question about the nature of spirituality with two seminal contributions by Kees Waaijman, Director of the Titus Brandsma Institute of Spirituality in Nijmegen , The Netherlands - a leading international expert on Spirituality as a discipline and Celia Kourie, Head of Christian Spirituality at Unisa. Both of them address the question "What is spirituality?" and provide valuable material to bring some clarity regarding this burning issue. There are also important contributions on some specific and relevant topics like contextuality in spirituality, the use of Scripture in a Kempis' Imitation of Christ and on the spirituality of the well-known spirituality author Dag Hammarskjöld. The volume also contains an important contribution on Biblical spirituality in general, followed by two specific examples of spirituality in an Old Testament and New Testament context. These essays will provide those who wish to learn more about spirituality with valuable introductory material, whilst the discerning reader will discover many important insights to advance their understanding of spirituality.
Table of contents
Introduction and orienation
What is spirituality? (K. Waaijman)
The "turn" to spirituality (C. Kourie)
Systematic themes
Conformity in Christ (K. Waaijman)
Spirituality and contextuality (K. Waaijman)
The use of Scripture in The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis (J. Huls)
From theology to mystagogy. The interiorisation of the Protestant tradition by a world citizen: Dag Hammarskjöld (J. Huls)
Spirituality, theology and the critical mind (P. G. R. de Villiers)
Biblical themes
The Word that moves (H. Welzen)
Genealogies and spiritualities in Genesis 4:17-22, 4:25 -26, 5:1-32 (C. Lombaard)
"Having fellowship with God" according to 1 John: Dealing with the intermediation and
environment through which and in which it is constituted (D. G. van der Merwe)
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