Matters of spiritual praxis, perhaps unexpectedly, are of fundamental concern to theological inquiry.

 

While this assertion needs much development to begin adequate address, I will suggest reinvigoration of simple, venerable spiritual practices that anchor learning in an unsurpassed—and often unexpected—depth of intellectual, spiritual, and embodied engagement, no matter what doctrinal beliefs an individual holds. While that assertion would require manifold reams of multidisciplinary discussion, I will simply offer anecdotal considerations to support my bold claim.

Soberly recognizing that theological education often bears the confessional mark of its particular institution, I find the broad horizon of theological inquiry itself as an existential universal that all human beings experience (including the most unsuspecting twenty-something undergraduate), though its native process is most often unreflective and frequently goes unnoticed. [Read more…]