Spiritual Autobiography (June 23)

Three Facets of Spiritual Formation

Divine Work and Human Cooperation

Spiritual Growth — 1st Person (Subject - “God and me/us”)

Experiences and process/journey

Prayer and practices

Experiential

**This is where we are playing with our autobiographies

Formation Ministry — 2nd Person (Formator - “God and you”)

Facilitation

Mentoring and education

Methodological

Spirituality — 3rd Person (Scholar - “God and humanity”)

Academic discipline

Interdiscplinary studies

Conceptual

Methods of Research in Spirituality

Spirituality is a ‘self-referencing’ discipline - what matters is our own relationship with God: our transformation, our spiritual growth, and our experiences

re: Kees Waaijman

re: Adrian Van Kaam (Science of Spiritual Formation)

Mystagogic Research

informational

Form-Descriptive Research

reflective (on experiences/phenomena)

Hermeneutic Research

scripturally engaging

Systematic Research

theoretical / hypothetical