Christian Flesh

Author : Paul J Griffiths
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781503606753

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Christian Flesh by Paul J Griffiths Pdf

“[A] brilliant and provocative work . . . demonstrating the centrality of the flesh to the mysteries and doctrines of the Christian faith.” —Carol Zaleski, Smith College A sustained and systematic theological reflection on the idea that being a Christian is, first and last, a matter of the flesh, Christian Flesh shows us what being a Christian means for fleshly existence. Depicting and analyzing what the Christian tradition has to say about the flesh of Christians in relation to that of Christ, the book shows that some kinds of fleshly activity conform well to being a Christian, while others are in tension with it. But to lead a Christian life is to be unconstrained by ordinary ethical norms. Arguing that no particular case of fleshly activity is forbidden, Paul J. Griffiths illustrates his message through extended case studies of what it is for Christians to eat, to clothe themselves, and to engage in physical intimacy. “In this trenchant and careful theological treatment of our embodiment, Paul Griffiths puts the stress exactly where it should be put––on the possibility of transfigured touch. By focusing on the varieties of touch, he is able to untangle several unfortunate arguments between liberals and conservatives in a most refreshing way.” —John Milbank, University of Nottingham “Very few theologians can boast a comparable combination of profound questioning and precise reasoning. This is a book worthy of the most serious reflection, debate, and admiration.” —David Bentley Hart, Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study “Supremely lucid and beautifully austere.” —Evan Sandsmark, Modern Theology “A model of well-reasoned, stimulating and enduring theology.” —R. David Nelson, International Journal of Systematic Theology

Author : Steven Nemes
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666777567

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Eating Christ's Flesh by Steven Nemes Pdf

What does it mean to “eat Christ’s flesh” (John 6:53)? And what does this eating have to do with the bread and wine of the eucharistic meal which Jesus called his “body” and “blood” (1 Cor 11:23–25)? These are central questions in the theology of the Eucharist. Memorialism says that to eat Christ’s flesh is to take joy in Christ’s person and work. The bread and wine of the Eucharist make it possible to engage in this sort of eating sacramentally by serving as symbols that represent Christ’s person and work. This book presents a systematic case for memorialism. It addresses the biblical loci classici (the bread of life discourse, the words of institution, and 1 Corinthians), important early church sources (the Didache, Ignatius, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, and Tertullian), and the philosophical-phenomenological interpretation of the Eucharist in Huldrych Zwingli and Michel Henry. It also argues against the alternative pneumatic and real presence paradigms in conversation with their historic and contemporary advocates.

Author : Ruth Marie Griffith
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Body, Human
ISBN : UCSD:31822033459322

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Born Again Bodies by Ruth Marie Griffith Pdf

"This is a wonderful book, well-conceptualized, written with style and wit, and impressive for its ambition, reach and achievement. R. Marie Griffith brings to the scene learning, theoretical subtlety, critical acumen, historical skill, and humane sensibility. She has emerged as one of the most sophisticated and insightful scholars of the Christian body in any period of Christian history."--Robert Orsi, Harvard University "Born Again Bodies is extraordinary. It uncovers an arena of knowledge never before looked at with this level of critical attention when examining American religious culture; Griffith's strength is that she looks across the 'evangelical' denominations. Her work is elegant and truly original."--Sander L. Gilman, author of Difference and Pathology and Jewish Frontiers

Author : Amos Yong
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2005-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780801027703

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The Spirit Poured Out on All Flesh by Amos Yong Pdf

Offers a fascinating look at Pentecostalism's place in global theology and shows how Christians from other traditions can benefit from recent developments in Pentecostal theology.

Author : Stephen H. Webb
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-12-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199827954

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Jesus Christ, Eternal God by Stephen H. Webb Pdf

Drawing on modern physics and ancient metaphysics, Stephen H. Webb constructs a philosophy of Christian materialism based on the unity of matter and spirit in the incarnation.

Author : Samuel Butler
Publisher : Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PKEY:SMP2300000062144

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The Way of All Flesh by Samuel Butler Pdf

Samuel Butler was son and grandson of the priests. He graduated from Cambridge University in 1858. He got carried away by music and drawing. Torn with his father, in 1859-1864 he lived in New Zealand, bred sheep. He became an ardent devotee of Darwinism, his views spelled out in a study of Life and Habit (1877). Returning to England, engaged in literature and painting, lived a hermit. Traveled to Italy and Sicily. He exhibited paintings in the Royal Academy, wrote about Italian art. His prose was highly appreciated by Forster and Shaw, and later by Joyce, Lawrence, Aldous Huxley, Maugham, George Orwell. Extremely frank autobiographical novel "The Way of All Flesh" (The Way of All Flesh) was completed by the author in the 1880s, but at the author's will was not published during his lifetime and was published only in 1903. Six volumes of his notebooks were also published, correspondence. FS Fitzgerald on the back of the title page of this book Butler wrote with his hand: "The most interesting human document of all available".

Author : Jean-Marie-Roger Tillard
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0814661815

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Flesh of the Church, Flesh of Christ by Jean-Marie-Roger Tillard Pdf

Renowned scholar J.-M. R. Tillard defines what the flesh of the Church is for the New Testament and the period of the undivided Church. He enables readers to understand not the structure of God's Church but the living reality of grace for which this structure exists. He explains that the "flesh of the church" is communion of life for humanity reconciled with the Father and with itself "in Christ".

Author : Margaret R. Miles
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2004-11-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1405108460

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The Word Made Flesh by Margaret R. Miles Pdf

This outstanding textbook offers an original history of Christian thought, asking what it has meant over the centuries to participate in the religion of the Word made flesh. Traces Christian ideas, conversations, experiences and practices from the first century through to the dawn of modernity at the end of the eighteenth century. Presents an inclusive history, considering the critical roles of women and religious ‘others’– dissenting Christians, Jews and Muslims – in shaping Christian thought. Sets Christian ideas in the context of conversations, controversies and concrete circumstances. Demonstrates the importance of liturgical and devotional exercises to the practice of Christianity. Treats words, images, music and architecture all as primary evidence of Christian traditions. Is accompanied by a CD Rom containing hundreds of visuals to support the theories and examples discussed throughout the volume.

Author : David Trementozzi
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498242899

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Salvation in the Flesh by David Trementozzi Pdf

David Trementozzi contends that conservative-traditional Christianity has uncritically adopted an intellectualist (i.e., rationally-driven) view of faith in its understanding and practice of salvation. Throughout, he maintains that an intellectualist soteriology should be rejected because it prioritizes the rational over other behavioral and affective aspects of faith. An intellectualist rendering of salvation is incomplete because human experience is neither abstract nor gnostic--it is embodied and experientially relevant. An intellectualist soteriology simply cannot account for the dynamic and transforming possibilities of saving grace. Salvation in the Flesh offers an innovative perspective on the embodied nature of faith and the centrality of the Holy Spirit in the Christian doctrine of salvation. Drawing from the cognitive neurosciences and psychology, Trementozzi argues for a holistic awareness of cognition to better inform an embodied understanding of faith. In dialogue with the cognitive sciences, he appropriates Jonathan Edwards' theology of religious affections, early church practices, and pentecostal spirituality to highlight the soteriological significance of orthodoxy, orthopraxy, and orthopathy for a renewal soteriology of embodiment. In doing so, Trementozzi offers a vision of salvation that more thoroughly accounts for the multifarious ways God's saving grace interacts with human flesh and blood.

Author : F. F. Bosworth
Publisher : Chosen Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2001-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441200136

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Christ the Healer by F. F. Bosworth Pdf

F. F. Bosworth's earnest prayer was that many thousands would learn to apply the promises of God's Word to their lives through his book, Christ the Healer. Bosworth offers an astonishing discussion of healing, based on the premise that Jesus redeemed us from our diseases when he atoned for our sins. This classic on healing, first released in 1924, has sold more than 500,000 copies and continues to enrich and inspire new readers every day. This revised and expanded edition includes a brand-new foreword and epilogue on the remarkable life and healing of the author himself, written by his son.

Author : Robert Barclay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Society of Friends
ISBN : CUB:P208110501009

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An Apology for the True Christian Divinity by Robert Barclay Pdf

Author : Philip Schaff,Henry Wace
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Christian literature, Early
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020030743

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A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church: Leo the Great. Gregory the Great. 1895 by Philip Schaff,Henry Wace Pdf

The Bishop Wendelin J. Nold Collection.

Author : Andrew Crislip
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780812207200

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Thorns in the Flesh by Andrew Crislip Pdf

The literature of late ancient Christianity is rich both in saints who lead lives of almost Edenic health and in saints who court and endure horrifying diseases. In such narratives, health and illness might signify the sanctity of the ascetic, or invite consideration of a broader theology of illness. In Thorns in the Flesh, Andrew Crislip draws on a wide range of texts from the fourth through sixth centuries that reflect persistent and contentious attempts to make sense of the illness of the ostensibly holy. These sources include Lives of Antony, Paul, Pachomius, and others; theological treatises by Basil of Caesarea and Evagrius of Pontus; and collections of correspondence from the period such as the Letters of Barsanuphius and John. Through close readings of these texts, Crislip shows how late ancient Christians complicated and critiqued hagiographical commonplaces and radically reinterpreted illness as a valuable mode for spiritual and ascetic practice. Illness need not point to sin or failure, he demonstrates, but might serve in itself as a potent form of spiritual practice that surpasses even the most strenuous of ascetic labors and opens up the sufferer to a more direct knowledge of the self and the divine. Crislip provides a fresh and nuanced look at the contentious and dynamic theology of illness that emerged in and around the ascetic and monastic cultures of the later Roman world.

Author : Alexander Roberts,Sir James Donaldson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Christian literature, Early
ISBN : HARVARD:32044023390016

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Ante-Nicene Christian Library: The writings of Tertullian, v. 3, with the extant works of Victorinus and Commodianus (1870) by Alexander Roberts,Sir James Donaldson Pdf

Author : Paul J. Griffiths
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1999-05-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780195352207

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Religious Reading by Paul J. Griffiths Pdf

What social conditions and intellectual practices are necessary in order for religious cultures to flourish? Paul Griffiths finds the answer in "religious reading" --- the kind of reading in which a religious believer allows his mind to be furnished and his heart instructed by a sacred text, understood in the light of an authoritative tradition. He favorably contrasts the practices and pedagogies of traditional religious cultures with those of our own fragmented and secularized culture and insists that religious reading should be preserved.