Dancing With Creation

Download or read book Dancing with God written by Karen Baker-Fletcher and published by Chalice Press. This book was released on 2006-12-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dancing With God is an exploration of the divine gifts of courage and grace in the face of evil. Moreover, it is a doctrine of God as the source of that courage. Baker-Fletcher presents an understanding of the work of the Trinity with regard to the problem of crucifixion, a metaphor she uses for unnecessary violence. She develops a process of relational, womanist theology that considers the empathetic omnipresence of God in the midst of unnecessary suffering and the healing power of God in movement of the Holy Spirit. She engages the contributions of a diversity of theologians like Paul Tillich, Karl Barth, Gordon Kaufman, John Cobb, Jr., Majorie Suchocki, Charles Hartshorne, Andrew Sung Park, and Katie Cannon in her discussion of the dance of the Trinity in creation, and the problem of sin, evil, and suffering. Through creative works like that of Alice Walker's The Color Purple and journalist Joyce King's account of the James Byrd, Jr. murder in Jasper County, Texas, Baker-Fletcher reveals the healing, encouraging power of the Holy Spirit in the lives of survivors of unnecessary violence.

Download or read book Dancing in the Wild Spaces of Love written by James H. Olthuis and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2022-06-08 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the twenty-first century, amid globalized violence, rising demagogues, and the climate emergency, contemporary philosophers and theologians have begun to debate a fundamental question: Is our reality the result of the overflowing, ever-present creativity of Love, or the symptom of a traumatic rupture at the heart of all things? Drawing on decades of research in postmodern philosophy and experience as a psychotherapist, James H. Olthuis wades into this discussion to propose a radical ontology of Love without metaphysics. In dialogue with philosophers like John D. Caputo, Slavoj Žižek, Luce Irigaray, and others, Olthuis explores issues from divine sovereignty and the problem of evil to trauma and social ethics. Experience in therapeutic work informs these investigations, rooting them in journeys with individuals on the path to healing. Olthuis makes the bold claim that while trauma, pain, and suffering are significant parts of our human lives, nevertheless Love is with us to the very end. Creation is a gift that comes with a call to make something of it ourselves, a risky task we must take on with the promise that Love will win. We are all dancing in the wild spaces of Love: ex amore, cum amore, ad amorem.

Download or read book Verbal Dancing written by Michiel Kroon and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-05-26 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get to know the power of your true expression instead of relying on other people's words. This book offers easy insight, practical tools and an intriguing story, making it easy to follow and understand. You'll learn three steps that get you out of your box. You will greatly enjoy going beyond the box where your fixed ideas are. Away from this box is your creativity. You can use your creativity to change your life. Let go of your beliefs - that is what Verbal Dancing invites you to do. You'll see how your truth can continually develop. You'll learn how to stand by it without making it into a religion. Don't accept - don't withdraw - Simply see that it's your power to be in a bigger truth. Step into your true expression with Verbal Dancing.

Download or read book Dancing the Self written by William Sturman Sax and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over a period of ten years, William Sax studied the inhabitants of the former kingdom of Garhwal, located in north India. He saw and took part in many performances of the pandav lila, a ritual reenactment of scenes from the Mahabharata in dance.

Download or read book Lead and Follow: Life Lessons through Dancing written by R. K. Shanahan and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lead and Follow, is an in depth study for all who love dance. In it you will find seven great discussions on aspects relate to the parallels found between life and dance instruction. The author includes his thoughts and experiences taking place over several years as a professional dance teacher, with dozens of interviews with students of dance, and some well known professionals.

Download or read book Dancing Culture Religion written by Sam Gill and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2012-08-03 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provocative insights into the nature of dancing as inseparable from human vitality and distinctiveness emerge from this spiraling study of specific cultural dance traditions brought into conversation with various philosophical/theoretical perspectives centering on the topics: movement, gesture, play, masking, ritual, seduction, performance, religion; each the subject of engaging innovative analysis. The author draws on experience as dancer and academic to address contemporary issues such as gender identity development and plasticity and acuity throughout the lifespan.

Download or read book Black Haiti written by Blair Niles and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: