The Role and Significance of Discernment in the Religious Formation / Miliyan Xaxa.

includes index and biblioraphy

1. Religious Formation Definition of Religious formations.7 Agents of Formation.7 The goal of Religious formation.10 The stages of Religious formation..11 Church documents on Formation.18 Challenges during Formation...............22 2. The discernment of Spirits Discernment in Scripture.32 Magisterial Teachings on Discernment....37 Discernment in the History of the Church.....41 Discernment and St. Ignatius of Loyola...43 Discernment of Spirits.......47 Rules for Discernment of SPirits..49 3. Discerment : An authentic tool in religious Formation The need and the nature of Discernment.64 The context of Discernment.........64 The process of Discernment..65 Assumptions and affirmations of Discernment process.66 Important pre-dispositions for an Authentic discernment.68 Te difficulty of Discernment.72 Discernment in Daily life......73 Tools for Discernment in Religious formation.78 Guidelines to cultivate the Spirituality of Discernment....86