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Liturgy as a Way of Life

The Church and Postmodern Culture

by Bruce Ellis Benson

Bruce Ellis Benson rethinks what it means to be artistic, a living expression of Christian worship

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      Bruce Ellis Benson

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Baker Publishing Group

    • Published

      June 2006

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      "This book signals a new 'turn' in worship studies: a concern for a theologically rich and culturally alert engagement with the arts in congregational worship. It deserves a wide readership and will doubtless provoke a whole series of fruitful improvisations."--Jeremy Begbie, Duke University

      Philosopher Bruce Ellis Benson explores how the arts inform and cultivate service to God, helping the church to not only think differently about the arts but also act differently. He contends that we are all artists, that our very lives should be seen as art, and that we should live liturgically in service to God and neighbor.

      Working from the biblical structure of call and response, Benson rethinks what it means to be artistic and recovers the ancient Christian idea of presenting oneself to God as a work of art. Rather than viewing art as practiced only by the few, Benson argues that we are all called by God to be artists. He reenvisions art as the very core of our being: we are God's own art, and God calls us to improvise as living and growing works of art. Benson also examines the nature of liturgy and connects art and liturgy in a new way.

      This book will appeal to philosophy, worship/liturgy, art, music, and theology students as well as those who are interested in engaging issues of worship and aesthetics in a postmodern context.

      Introduction: The Art of Living
      1. The Call and the Response
      2. Deconstructing the Discourse of Art
      3. Improvising Like Jazz
      4. On Not Being an Artistic Whore
      5. Becoming Living Works of Art
      Index

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      • Author

        Bruce Ellis Benson

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        Baker Publishing Group

      • Published

        June 2006

      • Weight

        196g

      • Page Count

        160

      • Dimensions

        154 x 223 x 11 mm

      • ISBN

        9780801031359

      • ISBN-10

        0801031354

      • Eden Code

        4071296

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      • Author/Creator: Bruce Ellis Benson

      • ISBN: 9780801031359

      • Publisher: Baker Publishing Group

      • Release Date: June 2006

      • Weight: 196g

      • Dimensions: 154 x 223 x 11 mm

      • Eden Code: 4071296


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