Richard Foster (theologian)
Richard J. Foster is a Christian theologian and author in the Quaker tradition. Hs writing speaks to a broad Christian audience. He has been a professor at Friends University and pastor of Evangelical Friends churches. Foster resides in Denver, Colorado.
Foster is best known for his 1978 book Celebration of Discipline (ISBN 0060628391), which examines the inward disciplines of prayer, fasting, and meditation in the Christian life, the outward disciplines of simplicity, submission, and service, and the corporate disciplines of confession, worship, and celebration. It has sold over one million copies. It was named by Christianity Today as one of the top ten books of the twentieth century.
He also wrote Freedom of Simplicity (1981, ISBN 0061043850) which further explores the discipline of simple, intentional living, Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home (1992, ISBN 0060628464), which explores 21 different types of Christian prayer, edited Devotional Classics (1993, ISBN 0060669667), a devotional guide featuring Christian wisdom through the ages, and wrote Streams of Living Water (2001, ISBN 0060628227), which examines the place of the different spiritual traditions in Christianity.
In 1988 Foster founded Renovaré, a Christian renewal para-Church organization.
As Foster encourages the utilization of classical Christian wisdom, he functions within the realm of paleo-orthodoxy.
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