Spiritual Formation

Arthur J. Freeman, Spiritual Formation: The Discernment of God in Life and the Formation of the Christian Life. Chapter 5. Bethlehem, PA,  2002. Online resource published by the Center for Moravian Studies.

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• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Chapter I: The Spiritual Journey
• Chapter II: Spiritual Formation: Definition and Perspectives
• Chapter III: Discerning Life: Suffering and Death
• Chapter IV: Discerning Life: The Presence of God
• Chapter V: Discerning Life: The Experience of Evil
• Chapter VI: Discerning Life: Embodiment, Sexuality and Spirituality
• Chapter VII: Discerning Life: A Psychological Model
• Chapter VIII: Discerning Life: Type and Faith Development 
• Chapter IX: Forming a Spiritual Discipline
• Chapter X: Spiritual Reading of Scripture
• Chapter XI: Meditation and Contemplation 
• Chapter XII: Discernment
• Chapter XIII: The Spiritual Direction of Others
• Conclusion: Complexity and Simplicity

Spiritual Formation I: The Experience of God (1995)
Identifying the presence of God. Lecture presented in Tanzania.

Spiritual Formation II: How our lives are shaped, Becoming the Message (1995)
Lecture on the nature of the person and formation. Lecture presented in Tanzania.