{ "item_title" : "Embodied Faith", "item_author" : [" Ola Tjørhom "], "item_description" : "The materialist spirituality in Embodied Faith is biblically grounded, and it smells of earth even as it offers a taste of heaven. Taking an observation of St. Benedict as his starting point, Ola Tj rhom maintains that outward forms are fully capable of incorporating and expressing inner spiritual substance. / Tj rhom moves on to identify three crucial features of a materialist spirituality. First, it has a concrete substance -- primarily the sacraments and the sacramental dimension of our Christian life in its totality. Second, materialist spirituality cannot be lived out in a vacuum, but requires concrete spaces -- mainly the church and the world, which, though separate, are clearly interconnected. Third, this spirituality is grounded not in airy ideas and concepts but in plain empirical perception -- in things we can see and hear, smell and taste -- making it a spirituality eminently suited for our daily lives and the world. / Ola Tj rhom has written a wise book that bridges many gaps: between the material and the spiritual, the Catholic and the Protestant, the mystical and the everyday. His vision of a materialist spirituality is not a call to leave this world nor an invitation to extreme experiences, but a sober proposal for a Christian life that is in but not of the world. Firmly rooted in creation, such a spirituality still yearns for the transformation of all things. Few books are as ecumenical as Tj rhom's, drawing on a variety of Christian traditions in a way that respects each. Persuasively presented, his wide-ranging reflections cover such a range of topics, one is tempted to call it a 'systematics of spirituality.' -- Michael Root / Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary", "item_img_path" : "https://covers4.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/0/80/286/274/0802862748_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "33.99", "online_price" : "33.99", "our_price" : "33.99", "club_price" : "33.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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