Kingdom Apprenticeship Dallas Willard’s Formational Theology and Misisonal Vision A Groundbreaking Analysis of Dallas Willard’s Theology of Spiritual Formation
In Kingdom Apprenticeship , Keas Keasler offers the first comprehensive study of Willard’s theology of spiritual formation. He argues that while the three D’s of disciples, discipleship, and disciplines made Willard famous, his formational theology is much deeper than that. Willard’s unique grammar of transformation is grounded in ordinary life, for it is in our present reality that we are trained to participate in God’s eternal purposes. Mining Willard’s philosophical works, theological writings, recorded lectures, and unpublished papers, Keasler shows: • Willard’s theology serves as a practical curriculum for spiritual growth, offering a remedy for the character crisis we see in the church and in society. • Apprenticeship to Jesus is both for growth in Christlikeness and preparation for reigning with God in the fullness of his kingdom. • Spiritual formation is not secondary or supplementary to God’s mission; it is its very strategy.
March 24, 2026 288 pages, paperback, 978-1-5140-1284-0 6 x 9 inches, $34.99 REL012120 RELIGION / Christian Living / Spiritual Growth
KEAS KEASLER (PhD in theology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) is associate professor of spiritual theology at Friends University, where he also serves as program director of the MA in Christian Spiritual Formation and Leadership.
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