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Publisher
Shambhala
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"What would it mean to feel your heart-both the emotions and intuitions that run through it as well as the sensations and physicality of the organ itself? It is possible to know our hearts with such fullness-and going further, it is possible to experience each organ and bodily system with this level of holistic awareness and care. And when we do, whichever religious or spiritual tradition we practice begins to seem more readily available-as close...
Author
Publisher
Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Do our physical bodies really matter in corporate worship? Isn't our soul the most important part of us? Aren't our bodies, at best, negligible to worship and, at worst, a hindrance? The answer to this last question is categorically no, as Christians have attested throughout history and across the global church. The purpose of the body instead is to offer to God in worship what only it can offer--and what must be offered to God. By drawing on the...
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Publisher
Llewellyn Publications
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
For the millions of people who struggle with food and body issues, yoga and its practice of mindfulness can offer a surprisingly effective path to well-being. For Melissa Grabau, a psychotherapist who has battled her own eating disorders since she was a child, yoga contains the key ingredients to transforming our connection to food and to our bodies. The Yoga of Food invites you to explore contemplation prompts and meditations that will help you create...
Author
Publisher
Crossway
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Argues that the Bible has a lot to say about the body, and shows how the practical significance of Scripture's teaching on this topic impacts how Christians should think and behave. A balanced and accessible theology of the body as they seek to glorify God in everything they do"--
Author
Publisher
Shambhala
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A highly practical and approachable guide to somatic meditation with easy practices for accessing the body's inherent mindfulness, from an expert in somatic meditation. In The Wakeful Body, author Willa Blythe Baker offers down-to-earth practices such as "Surrendering to the Breath" and "Befriending Feelings" to help readers tap into the wisdom of the body, where the body becomes the source of mindfulness. The Wakeful Body introduces meditation practice...
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Series
Language
English
Description
How are Christians to live in a violent and wounded world? Rather than contending for privilege by wielding power and authority, we can witness prophetically from a position of weakness. The church has much to learn from an often-overlooked community-those with disabilities. In this fascinating book, theologian Stanley Hauerwas collaborates with Jean Vanier, founder of the worldwide L'Arche communities. For many years, Hauerwas has reflected on the...
Author
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Knight approaches hadith and sira as important religio-cultural and literary phenomena in their own right. In rich detail, he lays out the immense variety of questions and depictions early followers produced regarding Muhammad's sacred power (baraka)-its boundaries, effects, and limits. Drawing on insights from contemporary theory about the body, he shows how changing representations of the Prophet's body helped to legitimatize certain types of people...
Author
Publisher
Broadleaf Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Too often, fatness has been viewed as a moral failing. Fat Christian women in particular are shamed and marginalized by the message that they are failing God because they can't change their bodies. More of You will challenge that status quo, teaching readers to resist the shame and guilt that is pressed onto them by the world and instead to embrace their bodies, take up space, and learn to navigate the world in ways that allow them to flourish.
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