Why Does the Pilgrim Sometimes Not Progress?: A Historical Perspective on the Problem of Christian Immaturity Dr. Bruce Hindmarsh, Regent College
Why is it that believers in our churches sometimes fail to mature? Can we diagnose the problem of “failure to launch”? In this presentation, Bruce Hindmarsh draws widely on case studies from the history of the church—from John Cassian to John of the Cross to John Wesley—to try to answer this question in ways that are of more than historical interest. In our discussion, we will probe these issues further and explore the implications for the church today for spiritual formation in an Anglican context.
Bruce Hindmarsh is the James M. Houston Professor of Spiritual Theology and Professor of the History of Christianity at Regent College in Vancouver, BC. He has published and spoken widely on the history of British evangelicalism, and is the author of three major books: John Newton and the English Evangelical Tradition (Oxford University Press, 1996), The Evangelical Conversion Narrative (Oxford University Press, 2005), and The Spirit of Early Evangelicalism (Oxford University Press, 2018). [This event is co-sponsored by the ACNA Society of Anglican Theologians and the ACNA Seminary Consortium.]
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