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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798508203321

Titolo

Sensing sacred : exploring the human senses in practical theology and pastoral care / / edited by Jennifer Baldwin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4985-3124-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (207 p.)

Collana

Studies in Body and Religion

Disciplina

233/.5

Soggetti

Senses and sensation - Religious aspects

Human body - Religious aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Exploring the Senses; Chapter One: Smelling Remembrance; Chapter Two: Embodying Christ, Touching Others; Chapter Three: Savoring Taste as Religious Praxis; Chapter Four: Akroatic, Embodied Hearing and Presence as Spiritual Practice; Chapter Five: Devotional Looking and the Possibilities of Free Associative Sight; Chapter Six: Knowing through Moving; Part II: Sensing Religious Practices; Chapter Seven: Use of a Hot Tub as Spiritual Practice; Chapter Eight: Word Made Flesh; Chapter Nine: A Laying On of Hands

Chapter Ten: Have We Lost Our Taste?Chapter Eleven: Holy Transitional and Transcendent Smells; Index; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

Sensing Sacred is an edited volume that explores the human senses (smell, touch, taste, hearing, smell, and proprioception) through the lenses of practical theology and pastoral care. It focuses on each of the senses independently and through specific religious practices.