Spirituality Seeking Theology

Written as a companion to Haight’s Christian Spirituality for Seekers, this book deals with the broad topic of Christian spirituality, defined as the individual and ecclesial following of Jesus that opens questions and spurs reflection on ultimate meaning in life. Haight seeks not to interpret Christian teachings or doctrines, or to defend them as true, but instead to link Christian vocabulary to a living spirituality that faces problems and asks questions from new perspectives. In this sense, this book is designed to address the problem in the Western churches of the decline of Christianity and the steady flow of people out of churches. For people who do not understand Church doctrines or fail to see its bearing on their immediate lives, Christian spirituality can offer a more pertinent and fulfilling avenue toward faith. In treating the Christian story of creation, the life of Jesus, the history of the church, eschatology and more, Haight suggests ways in which spirituality, the cultivation of a relationship with the transcendent, by its very nature leads the practitioner to open-ended questions of theology.