Dynamics of Spiritual Life – An Evangelical Theology of Renewal

Richard F. Lovelace, Timothy Keller (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

456 Seiten

2020
IVP Academic (Verlag)
978-0-8308-5288-8 (ISBN)

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In this expanded edition of a classic work of spiritual theology, historian Richard Lovelace presents a history of spiritual renewals in light of biblical models. With scholarly and pastoral insight, he offers a powerful vision of renewal that can unify various models across traditions, combining individual and corporate spirituality, social activism, and evangelism.

In this classic work of spiritual theology, historian Richard Lovelace presents a history of spiritual renewals in light of biblical models. Drawing from the best of different Protestant traditions, Dynamics of Spiritual Life lays out a comprehensive approach to the renewal of the church.
In the first half of the book, Lovelace surveys awakening movements since the Reformation, particularly emphasizing Jonathan Edwards's theology of renewal. He then goes deeper into specific elements of such movements and their significance for both doctrinal reformation and spiritual renewal.
Lovelace examines such practical issues as renewal of the local congregation, ways revivals go wrong, prospects for closing the "sanctification gap," the historical role of evangelical movements in promoting both unity and division, and Christian approaches to the arts. With scholarly and pastoral insight, he offers a powerful vision of renewal that can unify various models across traditions, combining individual and corporate spirituality, social activism, and evangelism.
For over forty years, this well-loved book has helped Christians understand the spiritual movement they are a part of and guided leaders in planting and pastoring churches. This expanded edition features a new foreword by Timothy Keller.

Richard F. Lovelace (ThD, Princeton) was emeritus professor of church history at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. His books include The American Pietism of Cotton Mather and Renewal as a Way of Life: A Guidebook for Spiritual Growth.

Foreword by Timothy Keller

Preface

Part I. Dynamics of Renewal

1. Jonathan Edwards and the Jesus Movement

2. Biblical Models of Cyclical and Continuous Renewal

3. Preconditions of Continuous Renewal

4. Primary Elements of Continuous Renewal

5. Secondary Elements of Renewal

Part II. Renewal in the Church

6. The Renewal of the Local Congregation

7. The Sanctification Gap

8. How Revivals Go Wrong

9. Live Orthodoxy

10. Unitive Evangelicalism

11. The Evangelical Muse

12. The Spiritual Roots of Christian Social Concern

13. Prospects for Renewal

Notes

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	30.12.2019
Verlagsort	IL
Sprache	englisch
Maße	153 x 227 mm
Gewicht	614 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Moraltheologie / Sozialethik
ISBN-10	0-8308-5288-3 / 0830852883
ISBN-13	978-0-8308-5288-8 / 9780830852888
Zustand	Neuware