为何现代人热衷灵修？

《灵修神学》
课程内容‎
灵程日志的持续‎
什么是灵修？‎
为何现代人热衷灵修？‎
四种属灵的型态‎
灵修的类型‎‎
属灵之旅‎‎
以祷告来回应神‎‎
独处与静默的操练‎‎‎
等候的灵修:等候神‎‎‎
属灵操练—默想式的读经‎‎‎
回顾祷告‎‎‎
真正的属灵人‎‎‎
放慢脚步的操练‎‎‎

“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．导言：

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．来自国外的兴趣

1. 雅各候斯庭与唯真学院 (James Houston and Regent College)
2. 理察弗斯特与阿苏沙太平洋大学 (Richard and Foster and Azusa

Pacific University)

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

• Ｂ．中国教会内的兴趣

1. 慕安得烈（Andrew Murray), 盖恩夫人（Madam Guyon）
2. 基道出版社，校园福音团契，及卢云
3. 温伟耀的贡献
4. 候斯庭的中国福音会研讨会
5. ２０００年福音运动为牧者举办的灵修默想营

• Ｃ．一个转向灵修的转变

1. 威廉汤姆笙 (William Thompson)－－一个属灵的〝浪潮〞
2. 提摩太琼斯（Timothy Jones）在今日基督教的月刊中提及的〝大苏醒〞
3. 理察弗斯特 (Richard and Foster）之〝静默的革命〞

二．四个主要原因

• Ａ．超越知识和寻找个人

1. 渴望每天经历神
2. 从知识性转变成经验性
3. 功能性的社会与教会行动主义

• Ｂ．渴慕新的身份

1. 连结信仰与生活
2. 基督教行动主义的虚空

• Ｃ．多元论与驶向〝地球村〞

1. 全球化灵修
2. 综合主义

• Ｄ．不满现代化：

1. 后现代主义－－对现代主义的回应
2. 〝解释〞的确信
3. ‧对现代理性的幻灭