{"product_id":"embodied-faith-reflections-on-a-materialist-spirituality-9780802862747","title":"Embodied Faith: Reflections on a Materialist Spirituality","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ola Tjrhom\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Christian Living - Spiritual Growth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45147865710743,"sku":"9780802862747","price":2363.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780802862747.webp?v=1767294159","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/embodied-faith-reflections-on-a-materialist-spirituality-9780802862747","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}