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Title: Renovation of the Heart: Putting on the Character of Christ by Dallas Willard ISBN: 1-57683-296-1 Publisher: Navpress Pub. Date: April, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.39 (23 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: An Addition to the Canon on Spiritual Formation
Comment: The 2nd half of Renovation of the Heart is by far the most insightful look into the "mechanics" of how spiritual formation happens I have ever read. Willard is a philosopher, and a philosopher of phenomenology at that, making him well-positioned to explain the elements of human personality and will, and the process by which these can be changed.
For readers who have given up on actually becoming a new creation in Christ, particularly those who have received little instruction along these lines beyond 'just pray harder', this book will play a critical role in your growth into Christlikeness.
Willard has yet to reveal the overlap between Edmund Husserl - the 20th century German phenomenology philosopher - who Willard masterfully translates and interprets for his colleagues, and Jesus. I'm real curious, as I know many others are, to know.
Renovation - a book on human nature - seemed like the perfect opportunity to reveal the Willardian ontology, and to situate it next to those of Plato, Descartes, Kant and Nietzsche. But he chose, for good reasons I'm sure, not to do that.
Willard writes a paragraph on existentialism in Renovation, and drops in one-liners about philosophers in Divine Conspiracy. But I'm sure Willard could take the 2,000-year-old conversation on the relationship between Athens and Jerusalem a couple steps forward if he were to write on the topic. Unfortunately, from the list of his current projects on his web site, it doesn't look like that's coming down the pike any time soon.
Rating: 5
Summary: Renovation of the Heart: Putting on the Character of Christ
Comment: I am returning ...to order four more copies of "Renovation of Heart" by Dallas Willard.
A prominent member of the University of Southern California Medical School and his wife introduced me to Willard three years ago by giving me a copy of "The Divine Conspiracy." I enjoyed the book immensely. (I have since bought four copies of it for others) Once done, they suggested I get a copy of "Renovation.." I did so in mid-2002 but took a year to get around to it. Wish that I had read it sooner.
I have just finished reading it and can report that I found the book totally absorbing. I am a business executive and find Willard's words relevant to the times, not just in business, but for all walks of life in our society.
I was going to skip the last sections on the Congregation but ended up reading them. I am glad I did. He makes some great points on what Churches should be, as many have lost their way.
Those of us who consider ourselves part of the Church can work not only for our own "Renovation of Heart" but for that also of the Church. Willard shows us what to focus on.
There are other reviews here that do a better job in reviewing content. My purpose is only to say that this book is not just for members of the religious, or those who consider themselves religious, but for all.
I have gained immensely from reading this book...a book I will read over and over again.
Rating: 5
Summary: The best book on spiritual formation I have ever read
Comment: Most books on spiritual formation are superficial and/or offer cookie cutter formulas for how to grow. This book presents a well thought out formulation of the human personality that is consistent with scriptural teachings and then offers practical advice on how to surrender all aspects of that personality to Christ so that we might become like him. The practical advice is not formulaic but suggests the types of thinking, praying and actions one should consider in trying to develop into a more Christ-like person. I read it too quickly the first time and now I need to go back through and absorb it more carefully. Dallas has set forth a sound theory and a sound method to slowly grow in the image of Christ, which is refreshing in a culture of fast food spirituality.
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Title: The Divine Conspiracy : Rediscovering Our Hidden Life In God by Dallas Willard ISBN: 0060693339 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 15 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship With God by Dallas Willard ISBN: 0830822267 Publisher: Intervarsity Press Pub. Date: November, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Spirit of the Disciplines - Reissue : Understanding How God Changes Lives by Dallas Willard ISBN: 0060694424 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 01 February, 1991 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Dallas Willard's Study Guide to The Divine Conspiracy by Jan Johnson, Keith Matthews ISBN: 0060641002 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 10 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Evangelical Landscapes: Facing Critical Issues of the Day by John G., Jr. Stackhouse ISBN: 080102594X Publisher: Baker Book House Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
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