Traditional formation /

Van Kaam, Adrian L., 1920-2007

Traditional formation / Adrian van Kaam. - New York : Crossroad, 1992. - xx, 357 p. ; 24 cm. - Formative spirituality ; v. 5 . - Van Kaam, Adrian L., 1920-2007. Formative spirituality v. 5 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-349) and index.

Exploring traditions -- Formation anthropology and formation tradition -- Human nature and specific formation traditions -- Disclosure of formation traditions -- Form traditional pyramids and changing fields of life -- The structural approach to formation traditions -- Congenial and compatible assimilation and implementation of form traditions -- Commonly and individually deformed traditions -- Transcendent ground of form traditions -- Stability and adaptability of formation traditions -- The ethos of formation traditions -- Form traditional symbols -- Form traditions, human needs, and aspirations -- Traditional form or field directives -- Formation traditions as systems of appraisal -- Alignment of vital dimension and form tradition -- Transcendent form traditions and the vital erotic facet of human love -- Transcendent traditions and transformation of eros -- Wounded eros and transcendent tradition -- Reaffirmation and transcendence of eros in the light of transcendent traditions -- Autism, eros, and the six coformants of love -- Sociohistorical Freudian and transcendent traditions -- Sociohistorical, transcendent, Marxist, and Neo-Freudian traditions -- Transcendent and capitalist traditions -- Formation tradition and formation mystery -- Dealing formatively with failure in one's life call and tradition -- Traditional formation as central in formation science -- Carriers of form traditions -- Dispositional form ; types of tradition ; key situations and symbols -- Common and specific formation traditions : their interformation and articulation -- Interformation and articulation of traditions -- The generic scientific and the tradition specific approaches to human formation in different denominations -- Field of traditional communities, their outreach to others, threefold approach of formation science.

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Spiritual life--Catholic Church
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