為何現代人熱衷靈修？

《灵修神学》
課程內容‎
靈程日誌的持續‎
什麼是靈修？‎
為何現代人熱衷靈修？‎
四種屬靈的型態‎
靈修的類型‎‎
屬靈之旅‎‎
以禱告來回應神‎‎
獨處與靜默的操練‎‎‎
等候的靈修:等候神‎‎‎
屬靈操練—默想式的讀經‎‎‎
回顧禱告‎‎‎
真正的屬靈人‎‎‎
放慢腳步的操練‎‎‎

“As the deer pants for streams of water, so I long for you, O God, I thirst for God, the living God.” (Psalm 42:1-2)

“The deepest desire of our hearts is for union with God. From the first moment of our existence our most powerful yearning is to fulfill the original purpose of our lives--”to see Him more clearly, love Him more dearly, follow Him more nearly.” We are made for God, and nothing less will really satisfy us.” (Brennan Manning, Abba’ Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging (Colorado Springs, Colorado: NavPress, 1994), pp. 38-39.

一．導言：

I am a theologian--I spend my life reading, teaching, thinking, writing, about God. But I must be honest---I have never experienced God, not really. I am embarrassed by piety; I am ill at ease with those who thrive on God talk; I have no awareness of what one might mean by the “presence of God.” (W. Paul Jones, “My Days with the Trappist Monks,” International Christian Digest 1, no. 7 (Sept. 1987), p. 24.

• Ａ．來自國外的興趣

1. 雅各候斯庭與唯真學院 (James Houston and Regent College)
2. 理察弗斯特與阿蘇沙太平洋大學 (Richard and Foster and Azusa

Pacific University)

1. 富勒神學院的教牧博士班 (Fuller Seminary's D.Min program)

• Ｂ．中國教會內的興趣

1. 慕安得烈（Andrew Murray), 蓋恩夫人（Madam Guyon）
2. 基道出版社，校園福音團契，及盧雲
3. 溫偉耀的貢獻
4. 候斯庭的中國福音會研討會
5. ２０００年福音運動為牧者舉辦的靈修默想營

• Ｃ．一個轉向靈修的轉變

1. 威廉湯姆笙 (William Thompson)－－一個屬靈的〝浪潮〞
2. 提摩太瓊斯（Timothy Jones）在今日基督教的月刊中提及的〝大甦醒〞
3. 理察弗斯特 (Richard and Foster）之〝靜默的革命〞

二．四個主要原因

• Ａ．超越知識和尋找個人

1. 渴望每天經歷神
2. 從知識性轉變成經驗性
3. 功能性的社會與教會行動主義

• Ｂ．渴慕新的身份

1. 連結信仰與生活
2. 基督教行動主義的虛空

• Ｃ．多元論與駛向〝地球村〞

1. 全球化靈修
2. 綜合主義

• Ｄ．不滿現代化：

1. 後現代主義－－對現代主義的回應
2. 〝解釋〞的確信
3. ‧對現代理性的幻滅