Subversive Spirituality

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, Jun 27, 1997 - Religion - 263 pages
Subversive Spirituality is a gathering together of articles written by Eugene Peterson over the past twenty-five years. Made up of occasional pieces, short biblical studies, poetry, pastoral readings and interviews, this book reflects on the overlooked facets of the spiritual life. Peterson captures the epiphanies of life with the pleasing pastoral style and inspiring depth of insight for which he is well known.

Peterson describes his book this way: "The gathering of articles and essays, poems and conversations, is a kind of kitchen midden of my noticings of the obvious in the course of living out the Christian life in the vocational context of pastor, writer, and professor. The randomness and repetitions and false starts are rough edges that I am leaving as is in the interests of honesty. Spirituality is not, by and large, smooth. I do hope, however, that they will be found to be 'freshly phrased.'"
 

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Contents

SPIRITUALITY
3
God Said
16
Spirit Quest
32
Witnesses to Transcendence
41
The Seminary as a Place of Spiritual Formation
54
The Holy Stump
63
The Medium Is the Message
91
Resurrection Quartet
101
Kittel among the Coffee Cups
141
Mastering Ceremonies
147
Teach Us to Care and Not to Care
154
Unexpected Allies
169
Pastors and Novels
185
A Conversation with Eugene Peterson
195
An Approach to Pastoring
216
Subversive Spirituality
236

Holy Luck
111
St John as Pastor Poet
121
Sheep in Wolfes Clothing
135
On Pentecostals Poets and Professors
245
Of Passion Prayer and Poetry
257
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Eugene H. Peterson, author of the best-selling contemporary translation of the Bible titled The Message, is professor emeritus of spiritual theology at Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia.

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