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Cindy S. Lee

Our Unforming

De-Westernizing Spiritual Formation

Cindy S. Lee

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Fortress Press,U.S.
15 December 2022
Religious life & practice
Christian spiritual formation resources and teachings have primarily come from Western spiritual traditions. Our current approach to formation comes out of that way of thinking and being, communicating that the white experience of God is the norm and authority.

In Our Unforming: De-Westernizing Spiritual Formation, Cindy S. Lee proposes that we as the church need a new way to engage in spiritual formation. To thrive in our increasingly diverse contexts, we need an unforming and a reforming of our souls. We need to unform the ways Western-dominated church leaders have understood formation. We need to reform--to imagine and create a more intricate spirituality that includes diverse experiences of God.

Our Unforming is organized into three cultural orientations and eight postures. Lee proposes that when we consider non-Western cultural ways of being--turning from linear to cyclical, from cerebral to experiential, and from individual to collective--the formation journey shifts. We live out these movements through postures, ways of entering into deeper spiritual transformation. The eight postures reflect our experience of time, generations, imagination, uncertainty, language, work, dependence, elders, and harmony.

Lee offers a more robust spirituality to hold the complexities of a multicultural God and the God-human relationship. Our Unforming is sure to inspire further conversation as it shifts how we approach formation in our diverse communities.
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Imprint:   Fortress Press,U.S.
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 140mm, 
Weight:   318g
ISBN:   9781506484785
ISBN 10:   1506484786
Pages:   154
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Cindy S. Lee is a spiritual director, aspiring mystic, and proudly Taiwanese-American. She teaches in the areas of spirituality, mysticism, and spiritual direction. She also trains new spiritual directors. She completed a PhD focused on Christian spirituality from Claremont School of Theology. She also leads retreats on BIPOC-centered spirituality. She is the author of Our Unforming: De-Westernizing Spiritual Formation.

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