How do the ways we see and hear, the ways we touch and taste, affect and inform our understanding of God's handiwork in the world? What significance do the senses have for our theological understanding? Timothy J. Gorringe proposes a theology of the senses, at the heart of which is the perception that the possibilities of the material world lie within the immaterial God. The material is not foreign to God, but a form of God's self-expression. Gorringe argues that the senses are what allow us to explore the world we are given, and further, that God chooses this form of reality and endows us with senses to celebrate and explore the mystery and magic of God's own creation. Gorringe demonstrates that in small ways, each of our lives is the exercise of creativity in which God delights, and we are expected to use our gifts. Senses are part of that radical imaginative gifting of God. We respond in gratitude by using them, Gorringe says. And in doing so, the Spirit prays, knows, and celebrates through us. Timothy J. Gorringe is St. Luke's Foundation Professor of Theological Studies at the University of Exeter.
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"This is how Christian theology today needs to be written: on the body and through the body. With this analysis and celebration of the senses, Gorringe returns theological thinking, quite rightly, to the carnality of incarnationalism. The Education of Desire is a rich exploration which needs to be widely received and profoundly practised." (Graham Ward )
"The Education of Desire is a beautifully written and humane work, composed by a profound thinker who is wittily alive to the world of popular culture as well as to Karl Barth and Jurgen Moltmann. From its exquisite title to its deep, theological appreciation of the God-given senses in all their manifold aspects, this is a compelling book." (David Jasper )
"The text is very much enhanced by sensitive, theological commentary on the paintings of artists such as Constable, Turner, Bacon, Velazquez, and Grosz...Featuring the distillation of complex arguments into accessible and clear prose, the book will spark thoughtful reflection among its readers. Especially suited for seminary classes and serious, adult religious education classes or study groups."--Martha J. Reineke, for Religious Studies Review, January 2003 (Martha J. Reineke )
"This is how Christian theology today needs to be written: on the body and through the body. With this analysis and celebration of the senses, Gorringe returns theological thinking, quite rightly, to the carnality of incarnationalism. The Education of Desire is a rich exploration which needs to be widely received and profoundly practised." (, )
"The Education of Desire is a beautifully written and humane work, composed by a profound thinker who is wittily alive to the world of popular culture as well as to Karl Barth and Jurgen Moltmann. From its exquisite title to its deep, theological appreciation of the God-given senses in all their manifold aspects, this is a compelling book." (, )
"The text is very much enhanced by sensitive, theological commentary on the paintings of artists such as Constable, Turner, Bacon, Velazquez, and Grosz...Featuring the distillation of complex arguments into accessible and clear prose, the book will spark thoughtful reflection among its readers. Especially suited for seminary classes and serious, adult religious education classes or study groups."--Martha J. Reineke, for Religious Studies Review, January 2003 (, )
"The Education of Desire is a beautifully written and humane work, composed by a profound thinker who is wittily alive to the world of popular culture as well as to Karl Barth and Jurgen Moltmann. From its exquisite title to its deep, theological appreciation of the God-given senses in all their manifold aspects, this is a compelling book." (David Jasper )
"The text is very much enhanced by sensitive, theological commentary on the paintings of artists such as Constable, Turner, Bacon, Velazquez, and Grosz...Featuring the distillation of complex arguments into accessible and clear prose, the book will spark thoughtful reflection among its readers. Especially suited for seminary classes and serious, adult religious education classes or study groups."--Martha J. Reineke, for Religious Studies Review, January 2003 (Martha J. Reineke )
"This is how Christian theology today needs to be written: on the body and through the body. With this analysis and celebration of the senses, Gorringe returns theological thinking, quite rightly, to the carnality of incarnationalism. The Education of Desire is a rich exploration which needs to be widely received and profoundly practised." (, )
"The Education of Desire is a beautifully written and humane work, composed by a profound thinker who is wittily alive to the world of popular culture as well as to Karl Barth and Jurgen Moltmann. From its exquisite title to its deep, theological appreciation of the God-given senses in all their manifold aspects, this is a compelling book." (, )
"The text is very much enhanced by sensitive, theological commentary on the paintings of artists such as Constable, Turner, Bacon, Velazquez, and Grosz...Featuring the distillation of complex arguments into accessible and clear prose, the book will spark thoughtful reflection among its readers. Especially suited for seminary classes and serious, adult religious education classes or study groups."--Martha J. Reineke, for Religious Studies Review, January 2003 (, )
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Timothy J. Gorringe is St. Luke's Foundation Professor of Theological Studies at the University of Exeter.
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