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Divine Communion

A Eucharistic Theology of Sexual Intimacy

By: Jay Emerson Johnson

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Divine Communion

A Eucharistic Theology of Sexual Intimacy

By: Jay Emerson Johnson

First text to place sexual ethics in a sacramental/liturgical context.Designed to meet the General Convention mandate for "theological reflection" around issues of sexuality and marriage.Appropriate for study regardless of gender or orientation.Before Christian communities try to address sexual ethics, the more fundamental theological question demands attention: What can sexual intimacy tell us about God? This book invites reflection on sexual relationships within a broad theological framework marked by creation, fall, and redemption. These classical hallmarks of Christian faith are proclaimed and enacted at every liturgical celebration of the Eucharist, which offers a compelling way to engage the link between sexual intimacy and the longing for God, or the hoped-for promise of "divine communion.

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159627252X

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Dancing with God

Anglican Christianity and the Practice of Hope

By: Jay Emerson Johnson

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Dancing with God

Anglican Christianity and the Practice of Hope

By: Jay Emerson Johnson

The image of dancing with God may seem like an odd one for a book on Christian theology," writes Jay Johnson, "More than a few people probably assume dancing and theology have at least one thing in common: Other people do them. The good news of Christian faith suggests something different. Each and everyone of us is invited to dance with God. Each of us can dance. Each of us can do theology." Theology, long seen as the domain of professors, scholars, and clergy, is actually the work of all God's people. Dancing with God uses the metaphor of dance to help readers--especially those without a theological background--approach the discipline of theology as something we all do, and not only something to believe. And doing theology is the practice of hope. This book explores the way Anglicans approach theology. The good news, according to Johnson, is not about the assurance of "getting things right." It comes, instead, from considering our texts, creeds, and liturgies as invitations to dance with the God of abundant life. Beautifully and accessibly written, Dancing with God makes an excellent book for individual or parish study.

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0819225940

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Dancing with God

Anglican Christianity and the Practice of Hope

By: Jay Emerson Johnson

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Anglican Christianity and the Practice of Hope

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Divine Communion

A Eucharistic Theology of Sexual Intimacy

By: Jay Emerson Johnson

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A Eucharistic Theology of Sexual Intimacy

By: Jay Emerson Johnson

Food, sex, and God– these intertwine at the heart of Christian faith and practice. This book invites Christian communities to reflect theologically and spiritually on the desire for God and the desire for sexual intimacy as the same fundamental desire for communion. This is likewise God’s own desire to be in communion with us, which Christians celebrate whenever we share a simple meal of bread and wine at the Eucharistic table. The longing for intimacy and its disruptions echo throughout our political contestations, economic systems, racial and ethnic conflicts, and ecological crises. In no small measure, the vitality of Christian witness to the Gospel in the twenty-first century depends on exploring the depths of desire itself in the ancient hope for Divine Communion made new.

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Tennessee Whitetails

By: Jay Langston

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Tennessee Whitetails

By: Jay Langston

Jay Langston takes a look at the extraordinary half century long project that restored the white-tailed deer population of Tennessee. By the 1930s probably fewer than 500 whitetails remained in the state, but within 50 years, thanks to the hard work of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, the whitetail population had risen to perhaps 800,000 and now numbers more than a million. Tennessee Whitetails records the record-book bucks taken by Volunteer State hunters and provides a life history of America's most popular big game animal. Tennessee Whitetails also gives insights into quality deer management in Tennessee and tips on where to find trophy bucks.

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