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Embodied Faith: Reflections on a Materialist Spirituality

Embodied Faith: Reflections on a Materialist Spirituality

Tjørhom, Ola

Paperback

Christian Living

Publisher Price: $33.99

ISBN10: 0802862748
ISBN13: 9780802862747
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: Apr 1 2009
Pages: 213
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
The materialist spirituality in Embodied Faith is biblically grounded, and it smells of earth even as it offers a taste of heaven. Taking an observation of St. Benedict as his starting point, Ola Tj rhom maintains that outward forms are fully capable of incorporating and expressing inner spiritual substance. / Tj rhom moves on to identify three crucial features of a materialist spirituality. First, it has a concrete substance - primarily the sacraments and the sacramental dimension of our Christian life in its totality. Second, materialist spirituality cannot be lived out in a vacuum, but requires concrete spaces - mainly the church and the world, which, though separate, are clearly interconnected. Third, this spirituality is grounded not in airy ideas and concepts but in plain empirical perception - in things we can see and hear, smell and taste - making it a spirituality eminently suited for our daily lives and the world. / Ola Tj rhom has written a wise book that bridges many gaps: between the material and the spiritual, the Catholic and the Protestant, the mystical and the everyday. His vision of a materialist spirituality is not a call to leave this world nor an invitation to extreme experiences, but a sober proposal for a Christian life that is in but not of the world. Firmly rooted in creation, such a spirituality still yearns for the transformation of all things. Few books are as ecumenical as Tj rhom's, drawing on a variety of Christian traditions in a way that respects each. Persuasively presented, his wide-ranging reflections cover such a range of topics, one is tempted to call it a 'systematics of spirituality.' - Michael Root / Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary

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