Understanding Watchman Nee: Spirituality, Knowledge, and Formation - Hardcover

Wu, Dongsheng John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1498261116 ISBN 13: 9781498261111

Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2012

Synopsis

"Dongsheng John Wu's work is an excellent example of the best interdisciplinary work now being done in the field of Christian spirituality. . . . Readers of many different backgrounds and interests who come to this study with an open mind will find themselves invited into a deeper appropriation of the cruciform way of discipleship, the mysterious truth at the heart of the universe, and the abundant life that is God's gift to humankind."
Arthur Holder
Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs
John Dillenberger Professor of Christian Spirituality
Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California

Understanding Watchman Nee is a ground-breaking scholarly studies on Watchman Nee's spirituality and spiritual theology. It is done in close conversations with some significant voices in the history of Christian spirituality. Such interactions reveal that Nee's crucial theological convictions exhibit strong parallels with related themes found in the church's spiritual or mystical treasures. This book also responds to some unsympathetic critics of Nee, and convincingly contends for the significance and practicality of Nee's spiritual teachings for contemporary believers. This book is valuable for pastors, teachers, scholars, seminary students, and others who are interested in the theology and practice of Christian spiritual and intellectual formations.
 
This book has been translated into Chinese: 屬靈認知與屬靈生命: 倪柝聲與靈修傳統的對話 (Available at Amazon.com)

About this title

About the Author

Dongsheng John Wu holds a Ph.D. in Christian Spirituality from Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, and an M.A. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. He has taught spiritual formation courses at Regent College in Vancouver, Canada. He is an ordained pastor in the Free Church tradition.

From the Back Cover

"In this book, Dongsheng Wu offers a refreshingly new interpretation of the life and thought of Watchman Nee. Using the critical work of American Episcopal theologian Mark McIntosh, Wu offers a creative approach to Nee's view of spiritual knowing and spiritual life, one that shows the depth and insight of Nee's thought on such subjects as divine illumination and union with God . . .Wu puts Nee in a Christian spiritual tradition that has deep roots in Protestant mysticism and creative possibilities for today."
- Philip L. Wickeri
Advisor to the Archbishop on Theological and Historical Studies,
Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui (Anglican), Hong Kong SAR, China;
Adjunct Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies,
The Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA, USA

Edition details

• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1498261116
• ISBN 13: 9781498261111
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 284