The Body Language Of Worship
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The Body Language Of Worship
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Author : Herbert Paul Vincent Renner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
The Body Language Of Worship written by Herbert Paul Vincent Renner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Church architecture categories.
Worship As Body Language
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Author : E. Elochukwu Uzukwu
language : en
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Release Date : 1997
Worship As Body Language written by E. Elochukwu Uzukwu and has been published by Liturgical Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Religion categories.
Worship sets an assembly in motion movement towards God in response to God's movement towards humans thus creating a resilient and caring community. Worship as Body Language brings the African community's experience of the body and its gestures together with the Christian liturgy, since worship and social action are closely related. The body language" or gestures of praise, adoration, contemplation, ritual dance, and care of the neighbor are meaningful to the ethnic group; African Christians tune into these body motions to express the one Christian faith. In Worship as Body Language, Father Uzukwu details how patterns of African ritual assemblies and sacred narratives have merged with Jewish, gospel, and early Church traditions to create living Christian communities and liturgies. Using a socio-historical method, this book sheds new light on liturgical action and theology, and suggests more transition rituals. It also provides samples of emergent African Christian liturgies that emphasize intense community participation with appropriate gestures. These local liturgies attest to the patristic principle that different customs actually confirm the unity of our faith in Christ. Scholars teaching and researching the foundations of the liturgy and liturgical inculturation, graduate students, and those organizing workshops on the regional, diocesan, or parish level will find Worship as Body Languagea ready handbook on the liturgy. It is also a useful textbook for introducing college students and seminarians to the anthropological, historical, and theological dimensions of the liturgy. Elochukwu E. Uzukwu, CSSp, ThD, lectures in liturgy and African theology in seminaries and Catholic universities in Nigeria, Congo, Zaire, and France. He is the author of Liturgy: Truly Christian, Truly African,and the editor of Bulletin of Ecumenical Theology. "
Lift Up Your Heads
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Author : John A. Davies
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2018-06-06
Lift Up Your Heads written by John A. Davies and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-06 with Religion categories.
We are increasingly conscious of the significance of our body language in our everyday interactions. The writers of the Bible were also aware of the role this nonverbal form of communication played and have recorded aspects of this in their narratives, or used idioms based on such gestures as head or hand movements, eye contact, and modes of dress. As with spoken or written language, postures and gestures need to be interpreted against a cultural background. This book provides a comprehensive overview of this rich world of nonverbal communication in the Old and New Testaments for the general reader and scholar alike.
Body Language
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Author : Jill Briscoe
language : en
Publisher: Victor
Release Date : 1987
Body Language written by Jill Briscoe and has been published by Victor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Religion categories.
Offer Your Bodies as Living Sacrifices... holy and pleasing to God -- this is your spiritual act of worship" (Rom. 12:1). Did you ever consider an encouraging smile or a pat on the back to be an act of worship? If that's the case, some of our body language can be less than worshipful too -- we speak volumes by rolling our eyes, grimacing, frowning, squinting, or shrugging. In this unique study, Jill Briscoe reveals that there are more ways to communicate God's love than just with words. Book jacket.
Holy Ground
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Author : L. Charles Jackson
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2024-02-21
Holy Ground written by L. Charles Jackson and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-21 with Religion categories.
Jesus did not say “take and think.” He said “take and eat.” This is embodied worship. It includes gestures, rites, kneeling, raising hands, and of course eating and drinking a holy meal with God. These activities are liturgies. Liturgy is the physical, embodied activity of worship—it’s what we do in worship—everyone has a liturgy! As such, worship is the church’s primary means of discipleship. Instead of fearing to kneel because it’s “Roman Catholic,” or fearing to raise your hands because it’s “Pentecostal,” perhaps we should simply see what God recommends in the Scriptures—then without fear and by faith (at the appropriate time) start kneeling, raising our hands, and eating a covenant meal with God (on a weekly basis). The hope is to replace a fear-driven approach to worship with a faith-driven, embodied worship that offers deep, robust, and beautiful worship experiences combined with the hope of great blessings. In doing so, we hope for nothing less than a new reformation—a reformation in worship.
Under The Palaver Tree
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Author : Stan Chu Ilo
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2023-05-16
Under The Palaver Tree written by Stan Chu Ilo and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-16 with Religion categories.
Doing theology Under the Palaver Tree, in honor of one of Africa's foremost theologians, Elochukwu E. Uzukwu, is a momentous undertaking, which draws from the diverse African continent, her various peoples and rich natural resources. A down-to-earth God-talk that evokes the reign of God among us, the book is a theological treasure trove. The quality, depth, and range of the conversation partners in this volume represent a high-water mark of the best scholarship in Africa today on ecclesiology and the future of the African church and the world church. The authors, through dialoguing with multidisciplinary dimensions of theological thoughts, offer new language with which to engage foundational issues in theology, liturgical practices, communion and community, leadership and charism, the relationship between the local and universal church, and social engagement and cultural questions as well. In exploring the depth of this tome, with its methodological approaches in interpreting, understanding, and evaluating the changing faces of Christianity, scholars and theologians will be challenged to reflect on some of the most pressing current questions and issues facing the church in Africa and the world, in rebirthing the image of the people of God, and a synodal church under the iconic and symbolic African palaver tree.
The Worshiping Body
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Author : Kimberly Bracken Long
language : en
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Release Date : 2009-01-01
The Worshiping Body written by Kimberly Bracken Long and has been published by Westminster John Knox Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-01 with Religion categories.
Kimberly Bracken Long, by focusing on what presiders do with their bodies, eyes, ears, lips, hands, feet, and heart, describes an attitude and style of worship leadership that is both firmly rooted and blessedly free. A wonderful offering for all worship presiders, seminarians, commissioned lay pastors, new pastors, and experienced pastors, The Worshiping Body is essential reading for anyone interested in how their presence and movement during worship make a difference.
Charismatic Renewal And Pentecostalism
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Author : Isidore Iwejuo Nkwocha
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2021-09-30
Charismatic Renewal And Pentecostalism written by Isidore Iwejuo Nkwocha and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-30 with Religion categories.
The Holy Spirit is a sine qua non in the life of the church and in all Christian life and experience. The importance of the experiential and praxis-oriented theology of the Charismatic Renewal and Pentecostalism cannot be overemphasized in the realization of the potentials of a Spirit-animated church. In fact, Charismatic Renewal in the Nigerian Catholic Church is an essential part of the changing face of the Catholic Church in Nigeria. This work is, therefore, using Charismatic and Pentecostal theology and praxes to argue for the renewal of the Nigerian Catholic Church. It avers that the praxis-oriented and experiential theology of the Charismatics and Pentecostals, which characterize them as Spirit-filled groups and churches, are enabling the Nigerian Catholic Church to realize the potentials of a Spirit-driven church. It upholds that the Nigeria Catholic Church through the Nigerian Catholic Charismatic Renewal, which is an indispensable part of the changing face of the Catholic Church in Nigeria, has wittingly or unwittingly begun the renewal of her pneumatological, ecclesiological, and liturgical doctrines and practices in accord with those of a truly Spirit-animated church.
An Introduction To Ecclesiology
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Author : Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen
language : en
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Release Date : 2021-03-02
An Introduction To Ecclesiology written by Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen and has been published by InterVarsity Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-02 with Religion categories.
What is the church? Why are there so many different expressions of church throughout time and space, and what ties them all together? Ecclesiology—the doctrine of the church—has risen to the center of theological interest in recent decades. In this text, theologian Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen provides a wide-ranging survey of the rich field of ecclesiology in the midst of rapid developments and new horizons. Drawing on Kärkkäinen's international experience and comprehensive research on the church, this revised and expanded edition is thoroughly updated to incorporate recent literature and trends. This unique primer not only orients readers to biblical, historical, and contemporary ecclesiologies but also highlights contextual and global perspectives and includes an entirely new section on interfaith comparative theology. An Introduction to Ecclesiology surveys major theological traditions, including Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Reformed, and Pentecostal ecclesiological insights from Latin American, Africa, and Asia distinct perspectives from women, African Americans, and recent trends in the United States key elements of the church such as mission, governance, worship, and sacraments interreligious comparison with Jewish, Islamic, Hindu, and Buddhist communities As the church today encounters challenges and opportunities related to rapid growth in the Majority World, new congregational forms, ecumenical movements, interfaith relations, and more, Christians need a robust ecclesiology that makes room for both unity and diversity. In An Introduction to Ecclesiology students, pastors, and laypeople will find an essential resource for understanding how the church can live out its calling as Christ's community on earth.
Hope And Community
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Author : Veli-Matti Karkkainen
language : en
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Release Date : 2017-10-23
Hope And Community written by Veli-Matti Karkkainen and has been published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-23 with Religion categories.
The culmination of Kärkkäinen's multivolume magnum opus This fifth and final volume of Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen's ambitious five-volume systematic theology develops a constructive Christian eschatology and ecclesiology in dialogue with the Christian tradition, with contemporary theology in all its global and contextual diversity, and with other major living faiths—Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism. In Part One of the book Kärkkäinen discusses eschatology in the contexts of world faiths and natural sciences, including physical, cosmological, and neuroscientific theories. In Part Two, on ecclesiology, he adopts a deeply ecumenical approach. His proposal for greater Christian unity includes the various dimensions of the church's missional existence and a robust dialogical witness to other faith communities.