New Perspectives on Worship Today de Davies, J. G

SCM Press, 1978. Book. Very Good. paperback. paperback, spine slightly faded o/w very good, 148pp.

SCM Press, 1978. Book. Very Good. paperback. paperback, very good, 148pp ISBN:0334011310.

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New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; In this evocative study, new perspectives are achieved by associating worship with topics with which it is not usually linked and by seeing it in new contexts. Thus to begin with worship is interpreted in terms of games theory, and late

Paperback / softback. New. In this evocative study, new perspectives are achieved by associating worship with topics with which it is not usually linked and by seeing it in new contexts. Thus to begin with worship is interpreted in terms oi'games theory, and later it is interpreted as a political act. In other chapters, worship is considered in relation to apparently disparate subjects: dance (does not dance detract from the supposed solemnity of worship?), sexuality (once inside the church door does one not have to suppose that we are all males?) and laughter (what, smiles in the sanctuary?). Behind the apparent arbitrariness there is a logical progression. Play, with which the analysis opens, is a matter of balance between freedom and rules. One activity which achieves this is dance, so that play leads on to dance and then to sexuality, since dance has an inescapable erotic quality. The kiss of peace has a possible sexual connotation, which calls for the paying of attention to harmony and… Leer más

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