Dissertation: Praying Like the Catholics? Enriching Canadian Mennonite Brethren Spirituality through Spiritual Direction, Lectio Divina, and the Taizé Community, by A.E. Dyck
SSCS member Andrew E. Dyck's dissertation (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 2017) is available for download. Here is the dissertation's abstract:
In this dissertation, I address the question of how one group of Protestant evangelicals— Mennonite Brethren in Canada—can draw organically on spiritual practices coming from other Christian traditions. This question is significant in light of the discussions among North American evangelicals about the appropriateness of adopting spiritual disciplines from Christians—such as Catholics—whom Protestants have at times viewed with criticism and...