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Authors:Nathan C. Wagnon Pages: 3 - 5 Abstract: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care, Volume 17, Issue 1, Page 3-5, May 2024.
Citation: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care PubDate: 2024-06-07T04:39:05Z DOI: 10.1177/19397909241251612 Issue No:Vol. 17, No. 1 (2024)
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Authors:Nathan C. Wagnon Pages: 6 - 24 Abstract: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care, Volume 17, Issue 1, Page 6-24, May 2024. There is a significant gap in prevailing theories of change and resulting discipleship methodologies. This gap is the result of the dominate assumption that people are primarily thinking and doing beings and that spiritual maturity is largely a function of biblical knowledge and ministry activism. This way of being does not account for a person’s interior life, specifically the aspect of an internal working model which drives how a person experiences or emotionally relates to God, something known as a ‘‘god image.’’ This article addresses the critical factors that play into how each person develops a representation of God, and how wounded god images function as a ceiling of sorts that keep so many from substantive and deep formation into Christlikeness through the Spirit. After exploring the role a person’s god image plays in the process of spiritual formation, the article will examine how the Spirit is at work in the deepest parts of human persons to open them up to experience the love of God in new, transformative ways. Citation: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care PubDate: 2024-06-07T04:38:58Z DOI: 10.1177/19397909241251617 Issue No:Vol. 17, No. 1 (2024)
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Authors:Steve L. Porter Pages: 25 - 35 Abstract: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care, Volume 17, Issue 1, Page 25-35, May 2024. This paper provides a conceptual framework for explaining how someone can know of God’s love factually but fail to receive God’s love experientially. After developing a theological epistemology of knowledge of God’s love, I turn to the psychodynamic concept of internalization to further explain resistance and receptivity to God’s loving presence. The paper concludes with implications for Christian spiritual formation. Citation: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care PubDate: 2024-06-07T04:39:01Z DOI: 10.1177/19397909241251622 Issue No:Vol. 17, No. 1 (2024)
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Authors:Richard E. Averbeck Pages: 36 - 54 Abstract: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care, Volume 17, Issue 1, Page 36-54, May 2024. “ . . . you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, “Abba! Father!” it is that very Spirit bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God” (Rom 8:15-16 NRSV). The divine Holy Spirit and the human “spirit” cooperate in the working of the “Spirit (or ‘spirit’)” of “adoption” (v. 15) in the life of the believer. The term “spirit” in the Bible when used for the human spirit can refer to anything we think or feel, our likes or dislikes, how we look at things, our view of events or people, our state of being at any moment, whether gentle, fearful, powerful, or any possible range of human desires, emotions, or experiences. This article examines the critical work of the Holy Spirit, who works amid all our groaning in life to occupy our human spirit with the transforming reality that nothing will be able to separate us “from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (vv. 38–39). Citation: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care PubDate: 2024-06-07T04:39:00Z DOI: 10.1177/19397909241251586 Issue No:Vol. 17, No. 1 (2024)
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Authors:J. Scott Duvall Pages: 55 - 70 Abstract: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care, Volume 17, Issue 1, Page 55-70, May 2024. Those who reject or are put off by Revelation often point to the book’s violence as the central reason. Revelation contains more violent images than any other New Testament book. Can the love of God be found in John’s Apocalypse' This article explores this question in detail. We begin with a look at how to read Revelation responsibly, especially the book’s vivid imagery. In large part this calls for a serious reading the book in light of its historical and literary contexts. Then we look closely at the theme of the love of the Triune God throughout Revelation. Grasping the theme of divine love sheds new light on how to understand the book’s violent imagery. Overall we suggest that Revelation focuses on both divine love and divine justice, two realities that are not ultimate in conflict. Citation: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care PubDate: 2024-06-07T04:39:01Z DOI: 10.1177/19397909241251588 Issue No:Vol. 17, No. 1 (2024)
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Authors:Jeremy M. Kimble Pages: 170 - 184 Abstract: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care, Volume 17, Issue 1, Page 170-184, May 2024.
Citation: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care PubDate: 2024-06-07T04:38:59Z DOI: 10.1177/19397909241253004 Issue No:Vol. 17, No. 1 (2024)
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Authors:Kyle Strobel Pages: 185 - 187 Abstract: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care, Volume 17, Issue 1, Page 185-187, May 2024.
Citation: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care PubDate: 2024-06-07T04:39:04Z DOI: 10.1177/19397909241253010 Issue No:Vol. 17, No. 1 (2024)
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Authors:Adam Brown Pages: 187 - 189 Abstract: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care, Volume 17, Issue 1, Page 187-189, May 2024.
Citation: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care PubDate: 2024-06-07T04:39:00Z DOI: 10.1177/19397909241253003 Issue No:Vol. 17, No. 1 (2024)
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Authors:Kathleen Mulhern Pages: 189 - 191 Abstract: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care, Volume 17, Issue 1, Page 189-191, May 2024.
Citation: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care PubDate: 2024-06-07T04:39:00Z DOI: 10.1177/19397909241253005 Issue No:Vol. 17, No. 1 (2024)
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Authors:Dejan Aždajić Abstract: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care, Ahead of Print. Theological research typically pursues knowledge acquisition without the explicit integration of spirituality as a legitimate source and process of gaining understanding. This historically evolved assumption tacitly presupposes that spirituality may impede rational objectivity and thereby delegitimize some of the research findings. There is also a resolute presumption that cognitive forms of appropriating knowledge are inherently superior to all other forms of procuring comprehension. This paper argues that such a bifurcation is unwarranted, and that lived spirituality does indeed have an important epistemological function. Aspects of practiced spirituality, which are here explored through a Christian lens, offer multiple possibilities for knowledge augmentation. Motivated by love for God and neighbour, researchers can employ various epistemic methodologies for gaining greater discernment, which include embodiment, spiritual practices, religious experiences, and pneumatological insights. A deliberately spiritual approach to research provides new avenues for understanding, while at the same time inviting the researcher on a holistic journey of personal transformation. Citation: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care PubDate: 2024-08-03T07:59:29Z DOI: 10.1177/19397909241269511
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Authors:Candy Gunther Brown Abstract: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care, Ahead of Print. This article responds to Craig Keener’s closing article in a special issue, originating with a Holy Spirit Symposium, Center for the Study of the Work and Ministry of the Holy Spirit Today, Biola University, October 27, 2023. Keener argues that the Holy Spirit empowers the church for cross-cultural evangelism through the spiritual gifts of tongues and prophecy. My response asks what empowered evangelism looks like in medicalized cultures like that of the United States. I argue that the church can more effectively cross the cultural barriers of medical science by learning to prophesy in “medical tongues”—communicating the gospel in the language, and backed by the evidence, of medical science. It is insufficient for Christians to testify to miracles; the church also needs to make it a priority to document miracles medically. Citation: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care PubDate: 2024-07-23T09:37:50Z DOI: 10.1177/19397909241257909
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Authors:Griffin Gooch Abstract: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care, Ahead of Print. This article addresses the pervasive timidity toward spiritual disciplines foreign to one’s own context for the ultimate purpose of drafting a universalized theory for engagement with spiritual disciplines that transcends socio-historical, denominational, and personality barriers. It is my belief that certain disciplines – such as contemplation, fasting, or secrecy, for example – fluctuate in popularity according to denominational biases, personality differences, and experiential eclipses. This contemporary confusion can be resolved by emphasizing the need for a more universalized, orthopraxical approach toward spiritual practices at both the individual and corporate level. While the body of this paper seeks to deconstruct certain barriers that perpetuate spiritual discipline skepticism – such as sacred-secular dualism, contextual difference, personality variations, “denominational jingoism,” and so on – through the lens of critical theory, its main thrust is toward a universalized theory for engagement with the spiritual disciplines that creates an openness to pursue any spiritual discipline that can enrich transformative encounters with the Triune God at the individual and corporate level. Citation: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care PubDate: 2024-07-23T02:06:55Z DOI: 10.1177/19397909241256904
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Authors:Helen Mitchell Abstract: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care, Ahead of Print. Researchers and educators have studied and taught on the employer and employee relationship, but usually from the perspective of the employer, and less on how employees are affected psychologically by leadership and management. This paper examines the employee’s expectations of their employment relationship, consequences of missed or violated expectations, and how disappointments may be perceived as betrayal. This can lead to holding a grudge, an offense, or unforgiveness against an employer, manager, or co-worker. Unforgiveness fosters sin and opens the door to bitterness and resentment. Christians are commanded to forgive, but often proves to be difficult when one has been betrayed. As part of the Holy Spirit Symposium collection of papers, addressing the Holy Spirit, healing, and psychology, this paper will examine how relational disappointments and unmet expectations occur, how they may be perceived as betrayal, and how to heal and forgive in the power of the Holy Spirit. Citation: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care PubDate: 2024-06-18T08:29:54Z DOI: 10.1177/19397909241259957
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Authors:Kathleen M. Holley Abstract: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care, Ahead of Print. Within Christian spirituality, contemplative prayer practice is rooted in scriptural teachings, ancient practices, and intentional silent awareness of the Holy Spirit’s presence. Despite the growing popularity of this embodied spiritual practice, limited empirical evidence exists investigating its effects on Christian contemplative prayer practitioners. This grounded theory study explored the long-term (2 to 40+ years) lived experience of thirty-six practitioners. Findings conceptualized the property of the Ministry of the Holy Spirit as it analytically emerged from its four dimensions including: Holistic Healing, Spiritual Formation, Soul Care, and Faith. These findings help to further develop Holley’s substantive theory integrating Christian contemplative prayer, Well-being, and Embodiment, bringing greater understanding to practitioners, minsters, and scholars alike. The findings were also part of the Holy Spirit Symposium (Biola University’s 2023), which presented an integration of various aspects of the Holy Spirit’s ministry of healing within the body. Citation: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care PubDate: 2024-05-25T11:54:07Z DOI: 10.1177/19397909241247177
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Authors:David C. Wang Abstract: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care, Ahead of Print. The impact of trauma is pervasive, multi-faceted, and longstanding, impacting the mind, body, and spirit. Trauma can unfold with a cascading effect throughout every stage of life, leaving its mark on brain development, stunting social, emotional, and cognitive functioning, promoting risky health behavior, and increasing vulnerability to chronic disease, and ultimately leading to early death. Consistent with this reality, recovery from trauma is a gradual, iterative journey of reshaping or reparenting the brain over time. Trauma is also endemic to the Christian faith and to Christian communities, with its signs and effects persisting after divine and/or conventional healing. This was also the case with Christ, who bore scars and memories of his crucifixion in his post-resurrection body. The substantial though partial and imperfect nature of healing from trauma reflects the dynamics of the already-but-not-yet Kingdom of God in which the world remains in darkness and God’s Kingdom remains incomplete. This reality coexists, however, alongside genuine signs of the eschatological Kingdom that is dawning and an invitation towards Christian community and accompaniment—perhaps the greatest gift of the Holy Spirit for healing and recovery. This paper is part of a special issue on the topic of the Holy Spirit and the healing of the body. Citation: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care PubDate: 2024-04-25T02:21:21Z DOI: 10.1177/19397909241247147
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Authors:David P. Setran Abstract: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care, Ahead of Print. Spiritual pride is a threat to all who take spiritual formation seriously, but it is often difficult to discern. Reflecting on this vice within the revivals of the First Great Awakening and in his own life, Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) both diagnosed the symptoms of spiritual pride and addressed its potential cures. This article looks specifically at Edwards’s analysis of spiritual pride and his perspectives on the pathways to overcoming its power. In the end, Edwards proposed that Christians could pursue spiritual formation and yet remain humble if they would develop a new perspective of “comparative meanness” and develop new postures of “self-examination” and “glorying.” Edwards’s vision for a humble spiritual formation provides helpful insights both for locating spiritual pride in the Christian life and for severing its varied roots. Citation: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care PubDate: 2024-04-23T07:43:47Z DOI: 10.1177/19397909241247146
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Authors:Carmen Joy Imes Abstract: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care, Ahead of Print. This essay was presented at a conference on the Holy Spirit and the healing of the body sponsored by the Center for the Study of the Work and Ministry of the Holy Spirit Today at Biola University. It approaches the topic metaphorically and theologically. The body of Christ, made up of men and women who are God’s image, is fractured by distrust, abuses of power, and a failure to partner well together. Many conservative evangelical churches in the United States are preoccupied with the task of circumscribing the participation of women in ministry roles. One reason is a neglect of the Bible’s clear teaching about the Spirit’s empowerment of women. A brief survey of the interaction of the Holy Spirit with women in the entire Bible uncovers key examples of the Spirit’s empowerment of women for kingdom work. This essay examines three key areas: (1) the Spirit’s interaction with women, both as vessels of the Spirit’s empowerment and as recipients of bodily healing (2) the distribution of the gifts of the Spirit without regard to gender, and (3) prophecy as an illustration of an essential speaking role for women in the eschaton. The prophetic ministry of women alongside men is a key diagnostic marker of the restored kingdom of God, an observation with profound implications for church ministry today. Citation: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care PubDate: 2024-04-20T10:35:34Z DOI: 10.1177/19397909241247575
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Authors:Robyn Wrigley-Carr Abstract: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care, Ahead of Print. One foundational backdrop for Evelyn Underhill’s BBC radio talks, 'The Spiritual Life' (1937), is her posture of ‘spiritual ecumenism’ (prayer for Church unity). In 1936, Underhill had published 'Worship' and participated in various worship practices, plus prayer groups for Church unity. During these years, loving rather than critiquing Christians different to herself had become an area of growth for Underhill (outlined in her spiritual journals). Bérulle’s three types of generous love - adoration, communion and co-operation - provided Underhill’s macro structure for 'The Spiritual Life.' Through the lens of ‘spiritual ecumenism’, Underhill emphasised the centrality of love in ‘the spiritual life’ – love of God and neighbour – particularly fellow Christians. Underhill encourages us to pray for Church unity and engage in spiritual understanding rather than judgment, competition and ‘mud-slinging’. In the context of growing secularism, individualism, and Church disunity, ‘spiritual ecumenism’ has the potential to enhance the Church’s missional impact. Citation: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care PubDate: 2024-03-08T11:36:53Z DOI: 10.1177/19397909241234307
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Authors:Greg Peters Abstract: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care, Ahead of Print.
Citation: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care PubDate: 2024-02-28T02:30:48Z DOI: 10.1177/19397909241235475
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Authors:Murphy Alvis Abstract: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care, Ahead of Print.
Citation: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care PubDate: 2024-02-27T06:58:17Z DOI: 10.1177/19397909241235476
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Authors:Ryan G. Erbe Abstract: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care, Ahead of Print. Spiritual formation is the Spirit-directed process of forming pupils of Jesus into His image. Willard (2002; 2005) and Wright (2012) provide effective guidance for the spiritual growth process and place spiritual disciplines at the heart of change. Porter (2023) expresses the need for followers of Jesus to embody the spiritual disciplines and for those communicating about the process to do so in actionable ways. The current paper takes up this call by presenting psychological theories of motivation and behavior that can be seen in Jesus’ teaching of the spiritual disciplines in the Sermon on the Mount and that Christian leaders and teachers should use when teaching the disciplines to increase the likelihood that their students will embody the practices. Initial empirical support for using the Reasoned Action Approach when teaching meditation is highlighted. The paper concludes with practical suggestions for using both theories when teaching and communicating about the spiritual disciplines. Citation: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care PubDate: 2024-02-21T10:27:29Z DOI: 10.1177/19397909241232199
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Authors:Jos de Kock Abstract: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care, Ahead of Print. What is meant by spirituality and spiritual development in the context of theological formation, and why is it important to incorporate spirituality in theological formation' This article addresses these questions by reviewing scholarly literature and applying the results to the context of Christian academic faculties of theology. The author argues the interdependence of theological and spiritual formation. Also presented are examples of unsound argumentation as to why spirituality would be important in the context of academic theology. The article concludes with the presentation of seven critical considerations for incorporating spirituality in theology in practices within academic faculties of theology. The article argues that paying attention to spirituality in the context of theological formation is an intrinsic part of striving toward both academic and professional excellence. Theology, including academic theology, gains in expressiveness and relevance when it contributes to the development of personal and communal spirituality. Citation: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care PubDate: 2024-02-17T04:10:30Z DOI: 10.1177/19397909241234294
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Authors:Bryan Shuler Abstract: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care, Ahead of Print. While mysticism can at times be viewed with skepticism by Protestants, recent research by Bernard McGinn suggests that it is often misunderstood. As such, mysticism deserves an honest appraisal concerning its biblical merit, and doing so reveals that “doctrinal mysticism,” in which the “mystical element of Christianity” is guided by Scripture and doctrine, can and should be applied within a Christian’s life as an aid in spiritual growth and vitality. The application of McGinn’s heuristic definition of “mysticism” to the mystical elements of Meister Eckhart’s and John Calvin’s works, along with a Scriptural critique of their positions, shows the spiritual benefits of doctrinal mysticism and the necessity of developing a conscious awareness of the presence of God in one’s spiritual life. Citation: Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care PubDate: 2024-02-13T06:47:23Z DOI: 10.1177/19397909241232433
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