| The Revelatory Body: Theology as Inductive Art Contributor(s): Johnson, Luke Timothy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802803830 ISBN-13: 9780802803832 Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $25.19 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - Anthropology - Religion | Theology - Religion | Biblical Studies - General |
| Dewey: 233.5 |
| LCCN: 2015013109 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.32" W x 9.22" (1.25 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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| Publisher Description: Argues that theology can respond faithfully to the living God only by paying due attention to human bodily experience Scripture points to the human body and lived experience as the preeminent arena of God's continuing revelation in the world, says Luke Timothy Johnson. Attentively discerning the manifestations of God's Spirit in and through the body is essential for theology to recover its nature as an inductive art rather than -- as traditionally conceived -- a deductive science. Willingness to risk engaging actual human situations -- as opposed to abstract conceptualizations of those situations -- is required of the theologian, Johnson argues. He celebrates the intimations of divine presence and power in such human experiences as play, pain, pleasure, work, and aging, showing how theology can respond faithfully to the living God only by paying due attention to human bodily experience. |
Contributor Bio(s): Johnson, Luke Timothy: - Luke Timothy Johnson is Robert W. Woodruff Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at Candler School of Theology, Emory University. He won the 2011 Grawemeyer Award in Religion for his Among the Gentiles: Greco-Roman Religion and Christianity. |