Playing: Christian Reflection on Everyday Practices (Compass: Christian Explorations of Daily Living) - Softcover

James H. Evans

 
9780800697266: Playing: Christian Reflection on Everyday Practices (Compass: Christian Explorations of Daily Living)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 080069726X ISBN 13: 9780800697266
Verlag: Fortress Press, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

"Playing often connotes frivolity. But James Evans, in this insightful reflection, offers another view: playing lies at the heart of Christian faith in the triune God. Through a close examination of African-American literature and experience, and a re-examination of basic doctrinal affirmations, Evans recovers play as a subversive and even revolutionary activity, a practice of faith that gives life in the midst of structures and authorities that suffocate. In this light, Jesus becomes the political, cultural and religious player who redeems by changing the game so that it no longer excludes but instead gives life. God creates us for freedom in a field of play. The Spirit summons us toward God's Reign, where the freedom of play never ends. Playing, in this view, is hardly frivolous, but the pulse of life itself. Evans invites us to play as we live and work" -- Publisher description.

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Verlag
Fortress Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2010
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
080069726X
ISBN 13 
9780800697266
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
99
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