Spirituality in the Gospel of Luke

Abstract

There is a big congruence in materials and construction of the synoptic Gospels. In spite of this congruence the attention for each Gospel has revealed that each of them is pervaded with a specific spirituality. Already in the nineties of the previous century some attention was paid to the way Mark introduces his readers to the mystery of the identity of Jesus and to a way of life that exists in unselfish love. This article will direct its attention to some characteristic features of the spirituality present in the Gospel of Luke. The point of departure is the description of spirituality in the classical work of Kees Waaijman. He calls spirituality the divine-human relational process of transformation.