Dancing with God
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Dancing with God

Anglican Christianity and the Practice of Hope

  1. 192 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

Dancing with God

Anglican Christianity and the Practice of Hope

About this book

"The image of dancing with God may seem like an odd one for a book on Christian theology," writes Jay Johnson, "More than a few people probably assume dancing and theology have at least one thing in common: Other people do them. The good news of Christian faith suggests something different. Each and everyone of us is invited to dance with God. Each of us can dance. Each of us can do theology."

Theology, long seen as the domain of professors, scholars, and clergy, is actually the work of all God's people. Dancing with God uses the metaphor of dance to help readers--especially those without a theological background--approach the discipline of theology as something we all do, and not only something to believe. And doing theology is the practice of hope.

This book explores the way Anglicans approach theology. The good news, according to Johnson, is not about the assurance of "getting things right." It comes, instead, from considering our texts, creeds, and liturgies as invitations to dance with the God of abundant life. Beautifully and accessibly written, Dancing with God makes an excellent book for individual or parish study.

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Information

Year
2005
Print ISBN
9780819221124
eBook ISBN
9780819225948

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Preface
  9. Introduction: The Priest and the Disc Jockey
  10. 1 ~ Waltzing the Two-Step: A Hopeful Theological Method
  11. 2 ~ The Dance Floor: An Invitation to Courageous Faith
  12. 3 ~ Hearing the Music: The Trinitarian Rhythms of Christian Faith
  13. 4 ~ Holy Hula Hoops: Jesus and the Hope for Human Thriving
  14. 5 ~ The Tango: A Spirituality of Divine Seduction
  15. 6 ~ The Virginia Reel: Visions of Unrealized Communion
  16. Prospects for the Dance: Hopeful Wallflowers and Postmodern Anglicans
  17. Notes

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