The church is called to grow in Christ. Yet too often, it ignores the practical dimensions of the faith.

The church is one in Christ. Yet too often, it is divided by national, denominational, theological, and racial or ethnic boundaries.

The church is a global body of believers. Yet too often, it privileges a few voices and fails to recognize its own diversity.

In response, this volume offers a multi-denominational, multi-ethnic vision in which biblical scholars, theologians, and practitioners from around the world join together to pursue a cohesive yet diverse theology and praxis of spiritual formation for the global church.

Be fed in your faith by brothers and sisters from around the world.



Ryan A. Brandt (PhD, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is associate professor of Christian history and theology at Grand Canyon University. He serves as the managing editor of the Journal of Biblical and Theological Studies, and hiswork has appeared in the Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care and Perichoresis.







John Frederick (PhD, University of St. Andrews) is lecturer in New Testament and Greek at Trinity College Queensland in Australia. He is the author of Worship in the Way of Cross: Leading Worship for the Sake of Others and The Ethicsof the Enactment and Reception of Cruciform Love. He is a priest in the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA).



Acknowledgments

Introduction: Ryan A. Brandt and John Frederick



Part One: Biblical and Theological Study as Spiritual Formation

1. New Testament Theology and Spiritual Formation: Michael J. Gorman

2. Theological Education and Spiritual Formation: Sammy Alfaro

3. Biblical Faithfulness and Spiritual Formation: Alfred Olwa

4. Spiritual Theology and Spiritual Formation: An Integrative Methodology for a Global Approach: John H. Coe



Part Two: Acts and Elements of Worship as Spiritual Formation

5. Liturgy and Spiritual Formation: Engaging with Evelyn Underhill's Prayer Book: Robyn Wrigley-Carr

6. The Eucharist as Spiritual Formation: Markus Nikkanen

7. Sacrifice and Surrender as Spiritual Formation: John Frederick and Jonathan K. Sharpe

8. The Beatific Vision as Spiritual Formation: An Augustinian Ressourcement: Ryan A. Brandt



Part Three: Christ, Contemporary Culture, and Spiritual Formation

9. Old Testament Ethics and Spiritual Formation: S. Min Chun

10. Second Peter, Postmodernity, and Spiritual Formation: Le Chih Hsieh

11. The Holy Spirit, Supernatural Interventionism, andSpiritual Formation: J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu

12. Spiritual Formation through Failure and Faithful Perseverance: HaYoung Son



Epilogue: Spiritual Formation, Catholicity, and the Multicultural Communion of the Saints: John Frederick and Ryan A. Brandt



Contributors

General Index

Scripture Index