The Holy Spirit and Christian Formation

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Introduction

   • Diane J. Chandler

   Pages 1-15

3. Interdisciplinary Perspectives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17

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   2. Spiritual and Relational Formation: How Contemplative Prayer and Psychodynamic Therapy Enhance Loving God and Others

      • Kelly Breen Boyce, Nanci Fisher Erkert

      Pages 19-32

   3. Emotional Formation: A Trinitarian Interaction

      • Ray S. Yeo

      Pages 33-47

   4. Psychological Formation: A Pentecostal Pneumatology and Implications for Therapy

      • Stephen Parker

      Pages 49-67

   5. Suffering as Formation: The Hard Road to Glory

      • M. Elizabeth Lewis Hall

      Pages 69-88

4. Theological Perspectives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89

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   2. Scriptural Formation: The Power of the Biblical Story

      • Cornelius J. Bekker

      Pages 91-106

   3. Ethical Formation: The Theological Virtues

      • Michael D. Palmer

      Pages 107-125

   4. Theological Formation: Dialogical Interplay Between Barth, Hauerwas, and Bonhoeffer

      • Derek W. Taylor

      Pages 127-143

5. Practice-Oriented Perspectives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145

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   2. Sacramental Formation: The Role of the Eucharistic

      • Mary Patton Baker

      Pages 147-166

   3. Vocational Formation: Navigating Leadership Disorientation

      • Philip T. Howard

      Pages 167-184

   4. Physical Formation: Health Stewardship and Embodied Realities

      • Diane J. Chandler

      Pages 185-204

   5. Character Convergence: The Prospect of Holy Living

      • Stanley Hauerwas

      Pages 205-218

6. Back Matter

   Pages 219-234

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This volume discusses the importance of a multidimensional and multidisciplinary approach to Christian formation based upon godly love and the imago Dei (Latin, image of God). Grounded biblically and theologically, this interdisciplinary collection offers perspectives drawn from spirituality, ethics, philosophy, psychology, counselling, ecclesiology, physical health sciences, and leadership studies. Contributors address spiritual, emotional, and psychological formation, while highlighting how suffering has the potential to draw one closer to God and others. The book also details vocational development, appropriate stewardship of the physical body, and the ways in which the Eucharist sacramentally contributes to the process of formation. The book concludes with a call for further exploration of additional research trajectories, not the least of which is how Christian formation contributes to the missio Dei, the mission of God.

• Eucharist
• Theology
• Christian Formation
• Trinitarian
• Spiritual formation
• Jonathan Edwards
• Pneumatology
• missio Dei
• imago Dei
• Theological virtues
• Psychodynamic therapy
• Pentecostal pneumatology
• Leadership disorientation
• John Calvin
• Dietrich Bonhoeffer
• Stanley Hauerwas
• Karl Barth
• Godly character
• John Wesley
• religion and health

“The Holy Spirit and Christian Formation edited by Diane J. Chandler is an important addition to the bookshelf of pastors, practical theologians, and Christian counselors. … By offering this multidisciplinary perspective, Chandler brings to light the need for conversations surrounding Christian formation that calls for a holistic and integrative move towards Christ-likeness for the whole self.” (Carmelle Beaugelin, Pneuma, Vol. 39 (3), 2017)

• School of Divinity, Regent University, Virginia Beach, USA

  Diane J. Chandler

Diane J. Chandler is an associate professor of spiritual formation and Christian leadership at Regent University School of Divinity in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA. Along with published book chapters and journal articles, she has authored Christian Spiritual Formation: An Integrated Approach to Personal and Relational Wholeness (2014).

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