Spiritual Theology

The book Spirtual Theology by Simon Chan is broken up into two different parts that he dissects and gives insight on. In Part One Chan Goes over the Theological principles of Spiritual theology. He follows part one with part two giving insights into the practice of a Spiritual life. Chan does an excellent job of being able to incorporate the Christian doctrine and the Christian living. He lays out and relates to the challenges you will face as walking out Christian life and presents you with solutions in the form of disciplines of a Godly person.

Part one is broken down into five different sections. I found this section navigating its way through educating the fundamentals of Christianity. The reason we need to become a Christian and how we can progress.

Chan opens with explaining the nature of Spiritual theology. Spiritualty refers to the kind of life that is formed by a particular part of spiritual Theology. In other words Spirituality is the lived reality. Whereas Spiritual Theology is the systematic reflection and formalization of that reality.(pg.16) Since Theology was known as “the queen of sciences” because it promotes the highest end to humanity. With that said it is hinted that all theology ought to be Spiritual as in align with God.

The next chapter goes into explaining how the Doctrine of God is the foundation for Christian Spirituality. This is solid truth and it should be noted that the doctrine of God is certainly the foundation for Christians in any sense. The acts of God are found all throughout the bible and it is through those acts that we are given the opportunity to live a eternal life.

Salvation and the progress of a Christian is the next topic that is raised. Salvation is essentially personal union with God. How we enter into the union is by confessing with our mouth that Jesus is Lord and acknowledge that we our sinners and can only be made clean through Him.

Salvation is essentially personal union with God. Christ and the Spirit are encountered as the word and love respectively coming from the Father. This precipitates further listening to the indwelling word, while the outpoured Spirit inflames the soul with divine love, transforming the whole person. The growth of a Christian