Spiritual Oxygen

Biblical Spirituality for the Twenty-First Century

Mark G Boyer

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English

Wipf & Stock Publishers
22 October 2025

Old Testaments; Christian spirituality & religious experience; Christian life & practice; Prayers & liturgical material

The adjective spiritual refers to aspects of one's spirit. The idea that each person possesses an immaterial and immortal soul, which is distinct from the body, did not appear in Jewish (biblical) literature before the Babylonian exile. After interacting with Persian and Hellenistic philosophies, the word nephesh entered Hebrew, meaning living being--not the dichotomous Hellenistic meaning. Thus, the biblical soul refers to a living, breathing, conscious body. According to biblical literature, God, like a potter, formed people from clay (dirt) and breathed divine breath into them. Spiritual oxygen refers to the divine breath or spirit given to all living beings. The Hebrew word ruah, which can be translated into English as breath, spirit, or wind, means that everything that breathes is inspirited. When a person breathes the colorless and odorless gas known as oxygen, one is simultaneously inhaling spirit. Thus, biblical spirituality is the process of living one's life in relationship with God while breathing deeply of the divine spirit. Biblical spirituality for the twenty-first century consists of spirits (humans) living and breathing Spirit (God) and being aware of the divine presence in which one lives and moves and has his or her being. This book explores that process.

By: Mark G Boyer
Imprint: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 331g
ISBN: 9798385258000
Pages: 116
Publication Date: 22 October 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mark G. Boyer, a well-known spiritual master and retired New Testament professor, has been writing books on biblical, liturgical, and devotional spirituality for over fifty years. He has authored eighty-one previous books, including two books of history, one novel, one memoir, and a book of poetry. This, his eighty-second work about Pauline theology, is his forty-first Wipf and Stock title.

Reviews for Spiritual Oxygen: Biblical Spirituality for the Twenty-First Century

""In this volume, Boyer outlines the journey toward spiritual awareness. He empathizes the need to achieve personal awareness while acknowledging that what we are doing is seeking to understand our connection to spirit and Spirit. Once the journey begins it will take a person to the realms of joy, fulfillment, and oneness with nature--also a manifestation of Spirit. This deeply theological study can explain, instruct, and guide the reader away from the distractions of life and toward harmony."" --Victor Matthews, Professor Emeritus, Missouri State University