The spirit that empowers
Subtitle: perspectives on spirituality
By: [edited by] P. G. R. de Villiers, C. E. T. Kourie & C. Lombaard.
Contributors: De Villiers, Pieter.; Kourie, Celia Ellen Teresa, 1946-; Lombaard, Christo.; University of the Free State.
Series: Acta theologica. Supplementum -- 11; Acta theologica -- 11.
Publisher: Publications Office of the University of the Free State
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Bloemfontein, [South Africa]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
Subjects: Spirituality; Mysticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Allegorising: the relevance of an old method of interpretation  -- P. B. Decock; title: Towards a spirituality of peace  -- P. G. R. de Villiers; title: Mysticism: a way of unknowing  -- C. E. T. Kourie; title: Contemporary Christian spirituality: an "encompassing field"  -- C. Kourie & T. Ruthenberg; title: Spirituality: sense and gist. On meaning, God and being  -- C. Lombaard; title: El Greco's representation of mystical ecstasy  -- Estelle Alma Maré; title: The call for spiritual formation in Protestant theological institutions in South Africa  -- M. Naidoo; title: Understanding spiritual experience in Christian spirituality  -- S. P. Pretorius; title: The spirituality of Andrei Rublev's Icon of the Holy Trinity  -- J. Reimer; title: Contemplation and social transformation: the example of Thomas Merton  -- P. Sheldrake; title: Being and becoming "fully human" in an HIV-positive world: HIV/AIDS and feminist Christian spirituality  -- D. Snyman & L. Kretzschmar; title: Mystical perspectives in interreligious dialogue  -- K. Waaijman; title: Awe and respect in the Psalms  -- K. Waaijman; title: Leading "around scripture" -- H. Welzen.