Spirit and the Obligation of Social Flesh: A Secular Theology for the Global City

by Sharon V. Betcher and Sharon V Betcher

Book Overview

Drawing on philosophical reflection, spiritual and religious values, and somatic practice, Spirit and the Obligation of Social Flesh offers guidance for moving amidst the affective dynamics that animate the streets of the global cities now amassing around our planet.

Here theology turns decidedly secular. In urban medieval Europe, seculars were uncloistered persons who carried their spiritual passion and sense of an obligated life into daily...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823253910
• ISBN13: 9780823253913
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"