Foundations of Christian Formation - Softcover

Kaam, Adrian Van; Muto, Susan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1880982218 ISBN 13: 9781880982211

Publisher: Epiphany Books, 2004

Synopsis

Years from now this Summa will be seen as a pivotal volume in the emergence of a fresh and profound convergence of theology and biology. Adrian van Kaam and Susan Muto have steadfastly illuminated the formative perspective for over a quarter of a century. Current scientific discoveries are revealing to us that the workings of God's universe pose a formative mystery that conforms to van Kaam's empirical formation science. The Christian faith tradition owes these co-authors profound gratitude for posing our theological formation tradition in a light consonant with new scientific discoveries in biology and complexity.

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About the Author

Father Adrian van Kaam, C.S.Sp., Ph.D. is the initiator of formation anthropology and its auxiliary formation science, as well as of the art and discipline of formation theology, fields he inaugurated in Holland in the 1940's. He earned a doctorate in psychology from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. He is also co-founder with Dr. Susan Muto, of the Epiphany Association, where he continues to write and develop resources in these fields to assist clergy, religious, and laity interested in deepening the life of the spirit.

Susan Muto, Ph.D., who received her doctorate in English Literature from the University of Pittsburgh, is executive director and co-founder of the Epiphany Association. Professor Muto, an expert in the comprehensive field of formative spirituality with a special emphasis on scripture and the Christian classics, teaches her original courses, conferences, seminars, and workshops for laity, clergy, and religious at the Epiphany Academy and at seminaries, colleges, and institutes of higher learning in the United States and abroad.

Review

Contains a consistent framework of human formation that is congenial, compatible, and compassionate with the current human condition. -- Sr. Sharon Richardt, D.C., Ph.D. - St. Vincent Seton Cove - Indianapolis, IN

This is blessed fruit that nourishes God's people everywhere by a systematic integration of Christianity with everyday living. -- Rev. Stephen Martyn, Ph.D. - Lexington, KY

Edition details

• Publisher: Epiphany Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1880982218
• ISBN 13: 9781880982211
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 306