Beloved Dust: Tides of the Spirit in the Christian Life

Beloved Dust: Tides of the Spirit in the Christian Life

by RobertHughes (Author)

Synopsis

There has been an explosion of interest in classical Christian spirituality over the past 50 years. Nevertheless, while a great deal of work has being done on the history of Christian spirituality, there has been no full-scale, systematic theological and pastoral treatment of Christian spiritual life since before the Second Vatican Council. Beloved Dust takes a realistic and contemporary view of human being as entirely physical (dust) and then shows it immersed in three great tides of the 'Holy Spirit', the traditional threefold rhythm of conversion, transfiguration, and glory. What is unique about Robert Hughes' approach, among other things, is the effort to root spiritual theology in the doctrine of the Spirit, an outgrowth of the renewed interest in the Trinity among both Catholics (Karl Rahner) and Protestants (Robert Jenson). Also striking is Hughes' emphasis on ordinary life -marriage, parenting, etc. Here as a married Episcopal priest/theologian he brings a distinctly Protestant perspective to a traditionally Catholic enterprise for so long the preserve of celibate priests. What he achieves is an entirely new presentation of the traditional teaching in the light of contemporary knowledge and practice.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 428
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Published: 01 Oct 2008

ISBN 10: 0826428436
ISBN 13: 9780826428431

Media Reviews
Hughes gives a stunning overview of spiritual theology, charting how and why it has gone astray...he displays that he is not only perhaps one of the most accomplished theologians of our time, but that his mastery surpasses questions of dogmatic theology. --Jared C. Cramer, Anglican Theological Review
Author Bio
Robert D. Hughes is Norma and Olan Mills Professor of Divinity and Professor of Systematic Theology in the School of Theology of The University of the South, where he has taught since 1977. Author of numerous articles appearing in journals such as the Anglican Theological Review, the Sewanee Theological Review, and the St. Luke's Journal of Theology, he also wrote The Holy Spirit in Christian Spirituality for The Blackwell Companion to Christian Spirituality (2005).