As a contribution to the academic discipline of Christian spirituality and its understanding of spiritual transformation, Hryniuk (theology, U. of St. Michael's College, Toronto) draws on three influences. They are his theological and spiritual formation in Byzantine-rite Catholicism, his academic background in the psychology of religion, and his experience of pastoral ministry in community with learning-disabled people for several years. That experience was in L'Arche Winnipeg, part of an international network of communities where those with disabilities share life together with their caregiver assistants. He describes the transformative process first in phenomenological terms through an account of long-term assistants in L'Arche. Then he interprets the process psychology within the framework of contemporary psychological theory. Finally he approaches the question of transformation theologically through the lenses of contemporary Chistology and Trinitarian thought. Annotation 2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
