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A Body of Praise
W. David O. Taylor
其他書名
Understanding the Role of Our Physical Bodies in Worship
出版
Baker Books
, 2023-03-28
主題
Religion / Christian Rituals & Practice / Worship & Liturgy
ISBN
1493440179
9781493440177
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=XcB8EAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
Do our physical bodies really matter in corporate worship? Isn't our soul the most important part of us? Aren't our bodies, at best, negligible to worship and, at worst, a hindrance? The answer to this last question is categorically no, as Christians have attested throughout history and across the global church. The purpose of the body instead is to offer to God in worship what only it
can
offer--and what
must
be offered to God.
By drawing on the wisdom of the Bible, church history, and theology, and by taking advantage of the unique insights of the arts and sciences, ethics, and spiritual formation, a respected theologian and pastor argues in this book that there is something for our physical bodies to do that decisively forms Christlikeness in us within the context of corporate worship. What we do with our postures, gestures, and movements in worship matters. How our senses of sight, scent, sound, taste, and touch are involved in worship matters. How our spontaneous and prescriptive activities form us in worship matters. All of it matters to faithful and fulsome worship for the sake of a body that is fully alive in the praise of God.