Eugene Peterson’s landmark Spiritual Theology series is foundational reading for the twenty-first century Church.
The product of Peterson’s many years’ experience as both pastor and professor of the highest calibre, this series combines first-class scholarship and genuine, lived application. Beautifully written, its presents a fresh and urgent evaluation of contemporary Christian spirituality.
‘St John walks up to the angel and say, “Give me the book.”‘ writes Peterson. ‘The angel hands it over, “Here it is; eat it, eat the book.” And John does. He eats the book – not just reads it – he got it into his nerve endings, his reflexes, his imagination. The book he ate was Holy Scripture.’
Eat This Book encourages the art of the reading the Bible so that it becomes a text for living and growing, not just thinking or behaving, and recasts the ancient discipline of lectio divina – spiritual reading – for a postmodern culture.
Also available in the Spiritual Theology series: Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places, The Jesus Way, The Word Made Flesh and Practise Resurrection.
The product of Peterson’s many years’ experience as both pastor and professor of the highest calibre, this series combines first-class scholarship and genuine, lived application. Beautifully written, its presents a fresh and urgent evaluation of contemporary Christian spirituality.
‘St John walks up to the angel and say, “Give me the book.”‘ writes Peterson. ‘The angel hands it over, “Here it is; eat it, eat the book.” And John does. He eats the book – not just reads it – he got it into his nerve endings, his reflexes, his imagination. The book he ate was Holy Scripture.’
Eat This Book encourages the art of the reading the Bible so that it becomes a text for living and growing, not just thinking or behaving, and recasts the ancient discipline of lectio divina – spiritual reading – for a postmodern culture.
Also available in the Spiritual Theology series: Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places, The Jesus Way, The Word Made Flesh and Practise Resurrection.
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Reviews
A tour de force in spiritual theology, combining incisive cultural analysis and biblical exposition with a sweeping and engaging vision of the Christian life (for CHRIST PLAYS IN TEN THOUSAND PLACES)
Rich, generous, and wise, Peterson's 'conversation' will help readers at every stage of faith to live their faith more deeply (for CHRIST PLAYS IN TEN THOUSAND PLACES)
'Eugene Peterson is an authoritative voice in the 'spiritual theology' field and well worth listening to.'
Peterson's exposition of lectio divina is one of the fullest to appear in recent years... A worthy sequel to his 2004 hit CHRIST PLAYS IN TEN THOUSAND PLACES