God and Grace of Body: Sacrament in Ordinary

by David Brown

Book Overview

David Brown explores the ways in which the symbolic associations of the body and what we do with it have helped shape religious experience and continue to do so. A Church narrowly focused on Christ's body wracked in pain needs to be reminded that the body as beautiful and sexual has also
played a crucial role not only in other religions but also in the history of Christianity itself. Dance was one way in which the connection was expressed. The...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199231826
• ISBN13: 9780199231829
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 8.6"