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Controversy over Contemplation and Contemplative Prayer: A Historical, Theological, and Biblical Resolution (2014)
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Coe, John H. "The Controversy over Contemplation and Contemplative Prayer: A Historical, Theological, and Biblical Resolution." Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care 7, no.1 (2014): 140-153. https://doi.org/10.1177/193979091400700112.
Publisher: Talbot School of Theology Institute for Spiritual Formation (https://journals.sagepub.com/home/jsf)
Areas of Interest/specialization: spiritual theology; spiritual formation; the integration of theology, philosophy, psychology, and the history of spirituality.
John H. Coe : (PhD, University of California, Irvine) Director of the Institute for Spiritual Formation at Biola University in La Mirada, California. He is also professor of spiritual theology and philosophy at the Talbot School of Theology and Rosemead School of Psychology.
ABSTRACT
The topic and practice of contemplative prayer has become a major controversy in Evangelical spirituality. For those critical of the spiritual formation movement in general, contemplative prayer is often raised as one obvious spiritual practice that is foreign to the Scriptures and a Christian world-view, and more akin to New Age and eastern religions. This paper is also critical of any approach to contemplation and contemplative prayer that is not grounded in the Christian Faith. However, I will argue that the Nicene theology of the fourth century CE already addressed some of these concerns in its response to Origenic spirituality and, in turn, provided a theological correction to sub-Christian views of contemplation and contemplative prayer. Furthermore, this paper argues that a truly Christian approach to contemplative prayer can be made consistent with Christian theology and that the Scriptures actually teach a form of contemplation and contemplative prayer.
Keywords: Prayer; Contemplation
FULL-TEXTb: https://doi.org/10.1177/193979091400700112
Publisher: Talbot School of Theology Institute for Spiritual Formation (https://journals.sagepub.com/home/jsf)
Areas of Interest/specialization: spiritual theology; spiritual formation; the integration of theology, philosophy, psychology, and the history of spirituality.
John H. Coe : (PhD, University of California, Irvine) Director of the Institute for Spiritual Formation at Biola University in La Mirada, California. He is also professor of spiritual theology and philosophy at the Talbot School of Theology and Rosemead School of Psychology.
ABSTRACT
The topic and practice of contemplative prayer has become a major controversy in Evangelical spirituality. For those critical of the spiritual formation movement in general, contemplative prayer is often raised as one obvious spiritual practice that is foreign to the Scriptures and a Christian world-view, and more akin to New Age and eastern religions. This paper is also critical of any approach to contemplation and contemplative prayer that is not grounded in the Christian Faith. However, I will argue that the Nicene theology of the fourth century CE already addressed some of these concerns in its response to Origenic spirituality and, in turn, provided a theological correction to sub-Christian views of contemplation and contemplative prayer. Furthermore, this paper argues that a truly Christian approach to contemplative prayer can be made consistent with Christian theology and that the Scriptures actually teach a form of contemplation and contemplative prayer.
Keywords: Prayer; Contemplation
FULL-TEXTb: https://doi.org/10.1177/193979091400700112