Beyond the Quiet Time: Practical Evangelical Spirituality

Year 1996
Pages 111

Worth buying if: You want a concise evangelical spirituality guide.

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Summary

This concise 1996 book examines practical evangelical spirituality through the question of how Christian spiritual life can extend beyond the familiar “quiet time.”

Why this book now

Its focus on practical evangelical spirituality suits readers reconsidering how devotional habits shape everyday Christian life.

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Alister McGrath’s Beyond the Quiet Time offers a practical approach to evangelical spirituality beyond a single devotional habit.

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Good fit if you want...

  • You want a concise evangelical spirituality guide.
  • You are rethinking the limits of the “quiet time.
  • If you enjoy slow-burn romance, the prose pauses to examine inner life.

Maybe skip if...

  • You want a memoir or narrative theology.
  • You need a recent treatment of contemporary church life.
  • You are specifically hunting for the newest framing rather than a backlist perspective.

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Quick Easy to move through

At 111 pages, this is a short, focused read suited to taking slowly and pausing over its practical questions.

What stands out here

This record is for the 1996 Baker Pub Group edition, a 111-page volume by Alister McGrath.

Best way to approach it

Read it as a compact prompt for examining evangelical spiritual practice, rather than as a broad history or systematic theology.

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