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Heavenly Bodies

Incarnation, the Gaze, and Embodiment in Christian Theology

  • Hardback
  • 656 pages
  • Publisher: Eerdmans Publishing Company
  • 16.1 x 23.2 x 4.6 cm

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For theologians and Christians seeking deeper insights

Challenges misconceptions about the body in Christianity

You will gain a richer understanding of faith and embodiment

Heavenly Bodies explores the Christian understanding of embodiment and the significance of our physical existence.
Does Christianity scorn our bodies? Friedrich Nietzsche thought so and many others since him have thought the same. But, says Ola Sigurdson, Christianity understood properly in fact affirms human embodiment. Presenting his constructive contributions to theology in relation to both historical and contemporary conceptions of the body, Sigurdson begins by investigating the anthropological implications of the doctrine of the incarnation. He then delves into the concept of the gaze and discusses a specifically Christian gaze of faith that focuses on God embodied in Jesus. Finally, he brings everything together to present a contemporary Christian theology of embodiment. This profound engagement with the whole history of Christian life and thought not only elucidates the spectrum of Christian perspectives on the body but also models a way of thinking historically and systematically that other theologians will find stimulating and challenging. "
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  • Author

    Ola Sigurdson

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Items in Pack

    1

  • Publisher

    Eerdmans Publishing Company

  • Published

    July 2016

  • Weight

    1045g

  • Page Count

    656

  • Dimensions

    16.1 x 23.2 x 4.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9780802871664

  • ISBN-10

    0802871666

  • Eden Code

    4451016

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