A Theology of Christian Spirituality

While many would argue that spirituality is a necessary component of authentic human living, there is a lot of confusion over what spirituality is. According to Powell Christian spirituality has five aspects: Christian living is inescapably corporate, and it is inseparable from the Christian community; it is inescapably corporeal - it cannot be separated from specific and embodied practices; it is participation in the Trinitarian life of God, and thus Christian living reflects both upon us and God; it has an eschatological existence; and, it is marked by our essential finitude under the conditions of sin.