CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY IN CONTEXT:
A BIOGRAPHICAL, CROSS-CULTURAL VIEW
by
David Lee Hatton

(presented May, 1988 at New College for Advanced Christian Studies, Berkeley)

Dean, Joel B. Green
Thesis Committee:
Bernard T. Adeney (Chair)
William A. Dyrness
David H. Adeney
Thesis Committee Page (photocopy)

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. INTRODUCTION
Christian Spirituality
What is Culture?
Culture and Spirituality
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2. DOM HELDER CAMARA: LIBERATED BISHOP OF BRAZIL
Gentleness and Fire
The Brazil of Dom Helder
The Growth of a Peacemaker
Vatican II and the Church
Christ and the Poor
Justice Through Nonviolence
Hoping Against Hope
Creator, Co-creator, and Creation
Humanity Through the Eyes of Christ
Devotional Patterns
Camara's Dreams: a Mirror for Us
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3. SADHU SUNDAR SINGH: MYSTIC EVANGELIST OF INDIA
An Indian Life for Christ
Roots in a Land of Religion
A Mother's Devotion
The Foreigner's Faith
The Sadhu and the Saffron Robe
The Tibetan Call and Beyond
Stories and Parables
Peace and Joy and the Cross
The Bible, Prayer and Visions
Politics and the Church
An Undespised Non-Christian Heritage
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4. WATCHMAN NEE: SPIRITUAL TEACHER OF CHINA
Thirty Years After
The Middle Kingdom
Conversion and Training
The Beginnings of the Work
Strategy for Missions
Spreading Spirituality
How to Be Spiritual
The Need for Self-Mastery
The Cross and Resurrection
All Things in Christ
Spiritual Warfare
Surviving and Prospering
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5. TOWARD A CROSS-CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING OF CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY
Difficulties in Objectivity
Limitations in Breadth of Representation
Major Categories of Influence
Camara, Nee, and Singh in Discussion
The Beginnings of a Definition
Learning to Understand
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BIBLIOGRAPHY