{"product_id":"body-of-praise-hardcover","title":"Body of Praise - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eW. David O. Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDo our physical bodies really matter in corporate worship? Isn't our soul the most important part of us? Aren't our bodies, at best, negligible to worship and, at worst, a hindrance? The answer to this last question is categorically no, as Christians have attested throughout history and across the global church. The purpose of the body instead is to offer to God in worship what only it \u003ci\u003ecan\u003c\/i\u003e offer--and what \u003ci\u003emust\u003c\/i\u003e be offered to God.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy drawing on the wisdom of the Bible, church history, and theology, and by taking advantage of the unique insights of the arts and sciences, ethics, and spiritual formation, a respected theologian and pastor argues in this book that there is something for our physical bodies to do that decisively forms Christlikeness in us within the context of corporate worship. What we do with our postures, gestures, and movements in worship matter. How our senses of sight, scent, sound, taste, and touch are involved in worship matter. How our spontaneous and prescriptive activities form us in worship matter. All of it matters to faithful and fulsome worship for the sake of a body that is fully alive in the praise of God.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eW. David O. Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e (ThD, Duke Divinity School) is associate professor of theology and culture at Fuller Theological Seminary. An Anglican priest, he has lectured widely on the arts, from Thailand to South Africa. Taylor has written for the\u003ci\u003e Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Image Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and Religion News Service, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eamong others. He is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eGlimpses of the New Creation: Worship and the Formative Power of the Arts\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOpen and Unafraid: The Psalms as a Guide to Life\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2016, he produced a short film on the psalms with Bono and Eugene Peterson. He lives in Austin, Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 28, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52742440812851,"sku":"9781540966483","price":96.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/dXU2aytUMUg3OUVZTmQzMk1pSUlqUT09.webp?v=1764122346","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/body-of-praise-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}