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A Body of Praise: Understanding the Role of Our Physical Bodies in Worship
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.
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.
Book Details
- Publisher: Baker Academic
- Publish Date: Mar 28th, 2023
- Pages: 224
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.90in - 5.98in - 0.63in - 0.61lb
- EAN: 9781540963093
- Categories: • Christian Rituals & Practice - Worship & Liturgy
About the Author
Taylor, W. David O.: - W. David O. Taylor (ThD, Duke Divinity School) is associate professor of theology and culture at Fuller Theological Seminary. An Anglican priest, he has lectured widely on the arts from Thailand to South Africa, and he has written for The Washington Post, Religion News Service, Image Journal, Christianity Today, Comment, and The Gospel Coalition. His books include A Body of Praise, Prayers for the Pilgrimage, Glimpses of the New Creation, and Open and Unafraid: The Psalms as a Guide to Life. In 2016, Taylor produced a short film on the psalms with Bono and Eugene Peterson. He lives in Austin, Texas.