Every human being is part of a Human Activity System, embedded or otherwise. That’s an idea in Systems Science. Nevertheless, it is worth remembering that human beings are more important than ideas. This is the most important idea of all ideas. It is worth remembering because you are worth it. —Ray Newkirk
Systems Models Approach as a Framework for Describing Christian Spirituality as a Human Activity Systems
Systems Management Institute Press · Feb 15, 2007
Debate continues over the value of theory and methodology in eclectic and multi-theoretical approaches to understanding Christian Spirituality. While we can argue much about the progress of Christian Spirituality as an academic discipline over the last 30 to 40 years, such progress is ambiguous. Lacking the rigor of theory, some in the academy employ an intuitive approach to defining Christian Spirituality while others employ multi-theoretical tools and techniques without benefit of a coherent and overarching meta-theory to link the tools and techniques for improved effectiveness. Even where a systems perspective is used to overcome these nagging shortcomings, practitioners of Christian Spirituality may under-conceptualize the rigor of systems practice in developing definitions of the emerging discipline.
