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Theology is “the doctrine of living unto God,” wrote the Puritan theologian William Ames. Unfortunately, post-Enlightenment theology has tended to divorce “doctrine” from “living unto God.” And to the degree that this split has been deepened and perpetuated, both theology and spirituality have been impoverished. Spiritual Theology is a rare book. In it, Simon Chan surveys the little-explored...

As a branch of the theology, spiritual theology may be distinguished from other branches. In the Catholic tradition definitions of moral, ascetical and mystical theology differ considerably.15 The nature and scope of spiritual theology can be clarified by comparing it with some other branches of theology. The term ascetical needs some clarification, since it almost always has a pejorative connotation in popular usage and since it is a key concept
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