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Life of the body : physical well-being and spiritual formation / Valerie E. Hess and Lane M. Arnold ; design, Cindy Kiple.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hess, Valerie E.
- Series:
- Renovare Resources
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human body--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Human body.
- Spiritual formation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (201 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Books, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- What does exercise have to do with our souls?How do our sleeping habits relate to being conformed to the likeness of Christ?What do our bodies have to do with spiritual formation?Valerie Hess has taken up these questions with her spiritual formation graduate students. And Lane Arnold has processed them with others as a spiritual director. They have discovered that the life of our bodies has quite a bit to do with the life of our souls.Together they have written a book that helps readers explorechoices about what we eatworshiping with our bodiesseasons of life for body and soulcaring for the pl
- Contents:
- Here's the question
- Jesus has a body
- Bodies within the body
- Our body in worship
- Toward a balanced lifestyle
- Theology of food
- Questioning cultural messages
- Extremes examined
- Body gone awry
- Seasoned well
- Next generation
- Caring for the planet
- Going on from here
- Holy habits for the whole body
- Bible and the body
- Resources
- Small group guide.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 21, 2014).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780830866380
- 0830866388
- OCLC:
- 908075019
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