God and Grace of Body - Sacrament in Ordinary

Zusatztext Brown takes the reader on an impressive and often detailed journey through classical and contemporary religious and culutural manifestations of the sacred and the divine. Informationen zum Autor David Brown is Van Mildert Professor of Divinity at the University of Durham, and a Fellow of the British Academy. Klappentext David Brown explores the ways in which the symbolic associations of the body and what we do with it have helped shape religious experience and continue to do so. A Church narrowly focused on Christ's body wracked in pain needs to be reminded that the body as beautiful and sexual has also played a crucial role not only in other religions but also in the history of Christianity itself. Dance was one way in which the connection was expressed. The irony is not that such a connection has gone but that it now exists almost wholly outside the Church. Much the same could be said about music more generally! and Brown writes excitingly about the spiritual potential of not just classical music but also pop! jazz! musicals! and opera. Like Brown's much-praised earlier volumes! God and Enchantment of Place! Tradition and Imagination! and Discipleship and Imagination! the present book will enlarge horizons and challenge the narrowness of much theological thinking. Zusammenfassung An exploration of the ways in which the symbolic associations of the body and what we do with it have helped shape religious experience and continue to do so. David Brown writes excitingly about the potential of dance and music - including pop, jazz, and opera - to enhance spirituality and widen theological horizons.

Product details

• Authors: David Brown, David (Van Mildert Professor of Divinity Brown
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.11.2007
• EAN: 9780199231829
• ISBN: 978-0-19-923182-9
• No. of pages: 476
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Practical theology; RELIGION / Spirituality, PHILOSOPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Philosophy, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Spirituality & religious experience, Philosophy of religion, Christian spirituality & religious experience, Spirituality and religious experience