Christian Spirituality: Five Views of Sanctification - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0830812784 ISBN 13: 9780830812783

Publisher: IVP Academic, 1989

Synopsis

How can we grow closer to God? Is there a secret to spriritual life? Do we need a second blessing? Is sanctification God's work or ours? Is it instantaneous or is it a process? The nature of Christian spirituality has been widely debated throughout the history of the church. The doctrine of sanctification was one of the main fissures separating Luther from the Catholic Church. Even today different groups of Protestants disagree on how we draw closer to God. What distinguishes the different poisitions and what exactly is at stake in these recurring debates? To answer these questions Donald L. Alexander, professor of biblical theology at Bethel College, has brought together five scholars that represent each of the main historical Protestant traditions:

• Gerhard O. Forde on the Lutheran vew
• Sinclair B. Ferguson on the Reformed view
• Laurence W. Wood on the Wesleyan view
• Russell P. Spittler on the Pentecostal view
• E. Glenn Hinson on the Contemplative view

With an introduction by Alexander and responses to each of the main essays by the other contributors, this book provides a helpful and stimulating introduction to an important doctrine of the church.

About this title

About the Author:

Donald Alexander (Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara) is emeritus professor of Biblical Studies at Bethel University, St. Paul, MN. He served for ten years as a missionary at the Alliance Bible Seminary, Hong Kong, China. He is the author of The Pursuit of Godliness: Sanctification in Christological Perspective.

About this edition

• Publisher: IVP Academic
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0830812784
• ISBN 13: 9780830812783
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 204
• Editor: Alexander Donald, Forde Gerhard O., Ferguson Sinclair B., Wood Laurence W., Spittler Russell P., Hinson E. Glenn