Description
SKU (ISBN): 9781506418896
ISBN10: 1506418899
Paula Gooder
Binding: Trade Paper
Published: November 2016
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers – 1517 Media
Print On Demand Product
$24.00
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The Imprisoned Soul?
2. Keeping Body And Soul Together
3. The Resurrection Body
4. A Spiritual Body?
5. The Life-Giving Spirit
6. The ‘me’ That Is ‘me’
7. Beautiful Bodies?
8. The Body Of Christ
Epilogue…so What?
Notes
Additional Info
The word spirituality is notoriously difficult to define. It is often used in a vague way to refer to the inner relationship between the self and God. The implication is that people only relate to God with their “inner” being (soul/spirit) and not with any other part of who they are.
There is a lurking influence of Neoplatonism within Christian thinking that tends to assume that the material is bad and the spiritual good, that there is a gaping hole between our inner and our outer selves and that the proper location of devotion is our inner being. There is a further assumption that, especially in the writings of Paul, the soul is to be placed in the “good” category while opposite it, in the “bad” category, is the body-leaving the question of what is meant by heart and mind largely ignored.
Paula Gooder here explores the meaning of six key concepts in the Bible, especially in the writings of Paul, before moving on to explore what Paul intended by the contrasts he drew, and what implications this all has for the way we think and speak about our spirituality today.
SKU (ISBN): 9781506418896
ISBN10: 1506418899
Paula Gooder
Binding: Trade Paper
Published: November 2016
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers – 1517 Media
Print On Demand Product
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.