Spiritual Theology | Issue #1

Over these first four issues, I want us to consider the nature of theology, or, what we call spiritual theology.

Spiritual theology isn’t a new term. The late Eugene Peterson served as a professor of spiritual theology at Regent in Vancouver. Richard Lovelace writes about spiritual theology in his book, Dynamics of Spiritual Life. The term, spiritual theology, has been around for years but has been lost in the lanes of Christianity that you and I are most likely swimming in. But we can retrieve it.

Spiritual Disciplines?

Maybe you are familiar with the spiritual disciplines (Bible reading, prayer, fasting, and so on). But spiritual theology isn’t only about those practices and habits of personal growth in Christ. Spiritual theology is about those disciplines and more. It is about the habits of growth and the living of what we learn and love about God and his word.

“Spiritual theology,” according to Eugene Peterson, “is the attention we give to living what we know and believe about God.” T…