Life Together in the Spirit
A Radical Spirituality for the Twenty-First Century
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Plough Publishing House
Published:21st Jan '16
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This book offers a comprehensive view of Christian spirituality, highlighting its relevance to daily life and community. Life Together in the Spirit inspires readers to embody faith in action.
In Life Together in the Spirit, John Driver presents a refreshing perspective on Christian spirituality, emphasizing its relevance to every aspect of life. He draws on the experiences of the disciples and the early Christian church, illustrating how their spirituality was deeply rooted in the example set by Jesus. This holistic view encourages believers to express their faith through the visible witness of the Christian community, impacting their daily lives and interactions with others. Driver's insights highlight the importance of embodying Christ’s presence in service to those around us.
The book also explores how the radical reformers of the sixteenth century, particularly the Anabaptists, recovered this comprehensive approach to spirituality. Their teachings resonate with contemporary Christian groups worldwide, demonstrating that this ancient wisdom remains vital today. The revised and expanded edition includes reflections from various church leaders and scholars, enriching the reader's understanding of spirituality across cultures and contexts.
Life Together in the Spirit invites readers to engage with the presence of the Spirit in all dimensions of life. It serves as both an inspiration and a challenge, encouraging a deeper exploration of faith and community. This seventh publication in the “Global Anabaptist-Mennonite Shelf of Literature” offers valuable insights for anyone seeking to connect their spiritual journey with the teachings of early Christianity and Anabaptism.
It was both inspiring and renewing to read this book by John Driver – I have learned much from him. In the Latin American world in which I live and work, the Holy Spirit is often associated with loud music and spontaneous and emotional expressions. We should never forget that only in Jesus Christ will we be able to find the model of true Christian spirituality, even though it has diverse expressions in different historical, cultural, and geographic contexts. -- Hermann Woelke, Uruguay
I believe that this book provides a very rich and necessary doctrinal manual for the ongoing training of Anabaptist church members throughout the world. -- Mvwala C. Katshinga,? Democratic Republic of Congo
Driver’s notion of spirituality—marked by a life of action and full of participation in the social order—offers us a great opportunity to reflect on and correct the course and form of our communal life in a region with “open veins” (in Eduardo Galeano’s words) of inequality and social need. -- Rafael Zaracho, Paraguay
John Driver’s book could be very helpful to the Indian church. He insists that spirituality has to be reflected in our day-to-day life. -- Christina Asheervadam, India
Our African churches, like Driver, would find it very difficult to accept the proposition of an abstract and obscure body of Jesus Christ. Driver taps into the Anabaptist definition of the true church as the concrete and visible body of Jesus Christ present in the world. -- Nellie Mlotshwa, Zimbabwe
John Driver’s book is a timely resource for Chinese churches. Driver defines Christian spirituality as “the experience of every dimension of human life being oriented around and animated by the very Spirit of Jesus.” For Driver, Christian spirituality is the lifelong process of following Jesus…This spirituality has to be embodied within a faith community. -- Paulus Pan, Central Taiwan College and Theological Seminary
People today are drawn to finding a type of spirituality that will satisfy them and bring meaning and peace to their lives. In this book, John Driver…invites us to let ourselves be guided by the Spirit of God—to live our spirituality within the committed community, pursuing a way of life that is consistent with what we believe while transforming situations of oppression, injustice, poverty, exclusion, and violence. -- Patricia Urueña Barbosa, Columbia
ISBN: 9780874866964
Dimensions: 190mm x 136mm x 14mm
Weight: 181g
143 pages