The Humanity of Christ and the Healing of the Dysfunction of the Human Spirit
- Theology
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Published: 2015
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Publisher's Description
The book represents a personal quest in what Anselm referred to as faith seeking understanding. The primary focus centers on proposing an interpretation of the nature and function of the human spirit and its relationship to the divine spirit and the living of a godly Christian life. Thus the book has a dual concern; namely, an academic one and a spiritual one. The undergirding premise is that apart of the human spirit the divine spirit is personally unknowable. This premise contains the following supporting concepts: First, the core of human personhood resides in the human spirit and constitutes the unique capacity for personal self-relatedness. Second, as the result of humanity's idolatrous displacement of God, a radical reversal occurred with the human spirit. When restored to its original relationship with the divine spirit, the human spirit, as James Loder writes "is called out of its futility and perversity into the light (and truth) of the divine spirit.
Endorsements (3)
“Dr. Alexander is one of the few scholars whose academic writings often hit a home run. This work is a theologico-spiritual guide for readers to find healing and holiness despite our distorted self and broken world. This graceful interdisciplinary study of the human spirit in light of Christ's humanity sheds light on who we are as human beings, pointing us to live in the light, and with the love, of the divine Spirit.”
“With the mind of a scholar, and heart of a pastor, Alexander skillfully unfolds an alternative to law-based sanctification by exploring the meaning of the human spirit, and how it may be healed through relationship with the divine Spirit. Biblically informed and academically sound, this book should be part of every serious study of this crucial doctrine.”
“Don Alexander has successfully blended academic research and practical pastoral concerns in his anthropological study of the human spirit. The book is the culmination of years of theological reflection, exegesis, and teaching on the topic of holiness. The author's intention is to give the human spirit its due significance in the discussion of holiness, especially in view of the de-emphasis of the human spirit in Reformation theology.”
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