| Bodies of Worship: Explorations in Theory and Practice Contributor(s): Morrill, Bruce T. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0814625290 ISBN-13: 9780814625293 Publisher: Liturgical Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2000 Annotation: Contributing Editor One of the hallmarks of modern society has been a heightened awareness of human bodiliness in all aspects of life -- sexual, economic, legal, religious, and so on. Academia has also experienced a heightened awareness of the body. Along with the academy and wider society, Christian theology and pastoral practice have sought to take human bodiliness more prominently into account. However, the ambiguous "career" the body has had in Christian history and tradition, as well as the serious criticisms leveled by secular society at the Church's teachings and practices concerning the body, has made this a challenging task. Bodies of Worship takes on that challenge. First, it systematically explores the various bodies engaged in the Chruch's Church's worship -- ecclesial, ritual, personal, and cultural. It examines each in light of how such humanly sanctifying work continues Christ's mission in the power of the Holy Spirit. The five chapters of Part One are purposefully arranged so they unfold the multivalancy of bodies at worship, thus displaying a certain theological coherence. Then the four chapters in Part Two describe and analyze specific liturgical, physical, and spiritual practices. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Rituals & Practice - General - Religion | Institutions & Organizations - Religion | Christianity - Catholic |
| Dewey: 264 |
| LCCN: 99022610 |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 5.99" W x 8.93" (0.67 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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| Publisher Description: Bodies of Worship explores how the ecclesial, ritual, individual, and cultural bodies engaged in the Church's worship contribute to the theory and practice of both liturgical theology and pastoral ministry. The authors bring solid historical and theoretical scholarship to bear on the practice and experience of the liturgy and spirituality of the Church. |
Contributor Bio(s): Morrill, Bruce T.: - Bruce T. Morrill, SJ, holds the Edward A. Malloy Chair of Catholic Studies in the divinity school at Vanderbilt University where he is also Professor of Theological Studies. In addition to numerous journal articles, book chapters, and reviews, he has published several books, most recently Encountering Christ in the Eucharist: The Paschal Mystery in People, Word, and Sacrament (Paulist Press, 2012). His most recent book with liturgical Press is Divine Worship and Human Healing: Liturgical Theology at the Margins of Life and Death (Pueblo/Liturgical Press, 2009). |