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New Perspectives on Worship Today

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by J. G. Davies

    • Author

      J. G. Davies

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      SCM Press

    • Published

      November 2012

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      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 conflict. Conflict relates to political struggle, and so on.
      From all this, the act of worship emerges, not as the following of fixed patterns, but as a creative act which demands the response of men's whole being in risk and involvement.

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      • Author

        J. G. Davies

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        SCM Press

      • Published

        November 2012

      • Weight

        191g

      • Page Count

        160

      • Dimensions

        140 x 216 x 9 mm

      • ISBN

        9780334011316

      • ISBN-10

        0334011310

      • Eden Code

        4069272

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      • Author/Creator: J. G. Davies

      • ISBN: 9780334011316

      • Publisher: SCM Press

      • Release Date: November 2012

      • Weight: 191g

      • Dimensions: 140 x 216 x 9 mm

      • Eden Code: 4069272


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