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Dallas Albert Willard (September 4, 1935 – May 8, 2013) was an American philosopher also known for his writings on Christian spiritual formation. Much of his work in philosophy was related to phenomenology , particularly the work of Edmund Husserl , many of whose writings he translated into English for the first time.
Willard argues that popular rejection of subordination to God and the dominance of the body and feelings has resulted in addictions and futile pursuits of stimulation for the body or feelings. Willard argues that the subordinated alignment of one's being can be corrected through apprenticeship to Jesus Christ, which renovates one's heart.
Spiritual formation in general has been integral to most religions, including Christianity. The religious ideal typically presupposes that one be changed in some manner through interaction with spiritual realities. Therefore, to trace a historical origin of spiritual formation is to examine the history of religion in general.
Like Douglass, Willard saw the stakes of lynching for the idea of a Christian nation, but claimed that “a more thoroughly American population than the Christian people of the South does not ...
Open theism, also known as openness theology, [1] is a theological movement that has developed within Christianity as a rejection of the synthesis of Greek philosophy and Christian theology. [2] It is a version of free will theism [ 3 ] and arises out of the free will theistic tradition of the church, which goes back to the early church fathers ...
He was highly influenced and mentored by University of Southern California philosopher Dallas Willard who would speak at Schuller's church. In 2008, Schuller planted and served as pastor of the Tree of Life Community Church in Orange, California, meeting at an American Legion beer hall.
In 2006, it was named by Christianity Today as the most influential book with evangelicals over the last fifty years. CT noted that "Rosalind Rinker taught us something revolutionary: Prayer is a conversation with God". It went on to suggest that "today evangelicals assume that casual, colloquial, intimate prayer is the most authentic way to ...
The jury went back for deliberations around 12:15 p.m. on Thursday afternoon and came back around 4:45 p.m.