The Holy Spirit and Christian Formation

1. Introduction
Diane J. Chandler

Part I. Interdisciplinary Perspectives

2. Spiritual and Relational Formation: How Contemplative Prayer and Psychodynamic Therapy Enhance Loving God and Others
Kelly Breen Boyce, Nanci Fisher Erkert

3. Emotional Formation: A Trinitarian Interaction
Ray S. Yeo

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

5. Suffering as Formation: The Hard Road to Glory
M. Elizabeth Lewis Hall

Part II. Theological Perspectives

6. Scriptural Formation: The Power of the Biblical Story
Cornelius J. Bekker

7. Ethical Formation: The Theological Virtues
Michael D. Palmer

8. Theological Formation: Dialogical Interplay Between Barth, Hauerwas, and Bonhoeffer
Derek W. Taylor

Part III. Practice-Oriented Perspectives

9. Sacramental Formation: The Role of the Eucharistic
Mary Patton Baker

10. Vocational Formation: Navigating Leadership Disorientation
Philip T. Howard

11. Physical Formation: Health Stewardship and Embodied Realities
Diane J. Chandler

12. Character Convergence: The Prospect of Holy Living
Stanley Hauerwas

Avainsanat: Religious Studies, Christian Theology, Phenomenology, Religion and Health