Alister McGrath's "Introduction to Christian Spirituality"
McGrath nicely covers a wide subject with objectivity. He draws on many Christian traditions for an overview that encourages personal engagement. He is careful to define the terms of his book as well as to state what he means by "spirituality" For McGrath, spirituality is :the outworking in real life of a person's religious faith, - what a person does with what they believe... it is about the way the Christian life is conceived and lived out...the full apprehension of the reality of God" (pg 2). This definition makes the subject intensely practical and relevant. Christian spirituality is about both public worship and private devotion. Spirituality concerns the 1) quest for a fulfilled and authentic religious life, 2) involving a bringing together of the ideas distinctive of that religious and the 3) whole experience of living on the basis of and within the scope of that religion. Christian spirituality, then, concerns the quest for a fulfilled and authentic Ch...