{"product_id":"worship-as-body-language-introduction-to-christian-worship-an-africa-orientation-9780814661512","title":"Worship as Body Language: Introduction to Christian Worship: An Africa Orientation","description":"\u003cp\u003eWorship sets an assembly in motion movement towards God in response to God's movement towards humans thus creating a resilient and caring community. \u003ci\u003eWorship as Body Language \u003c\/i\u003ebrings the African community's experience of the body and its gestures together with the Christian liturgy, since worship and social action are closely related. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe body language or gestures of praise, adoration, contemplation, ritual dance, and care of the neighbor are meaningful to the ethnic group; African Christians tune into these body motions to express the one Christian faith. In \u003ci\u003eWorship as Body Language\u003c\/i\u003e, Father Uzukwu details how patterns of African ritual assemblies and sacred narratives have merged with Jewish, gospel, and early Church traditions to create living Christian communities and liturgies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing a socio-historical method, this book sheds new light on liturgical action and theology, and suggests more transition rituals. It also provides samples of emergent African Christian liturgies that emphasize intense community participation with appropriate gestures. These local liturgies attest to the patristic principle that different customs actually confirm the unity of our faith in Christ. Scholars teaching and researching the foundations of the liturgy and liturgical inculturation, graduate students, and those organizing workshops on the regional, diocesan, or parish level will find \u003ci\u003eWorship as Body Language\u003c\/i\u003e a ready handbook on the liturgy. It is also a useful textbook for introducing college students and seminarians to the anthropological, historical, and theological dimensions of the liturgy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eElochukwu E. Uzukwu, CSSp, ThD, lectures in liturgy and African theology in seminaries and Catholic universities in Nigeria, Congo, Zaire, and France. He is the author of \u003c\/i\u003eLiturgy: Truly Christian, Truly African, \u003ci\u003e and the editor of \u003c\/i\u003eBulletin of Ecumenical Theology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-13808720\"\u003eElochukwu W. Uzukwu\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liturgical Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.24d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814661512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814661513\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-REL\"\u003eReligion\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-REL055000\"\u003eChristian Rituals \u0026amp; Practice | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liturgical Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42657974649069,"sku":"9780814661512","price":42.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/worship-as-body-language-introduction-to-christian-worship-an-africa-orientation-9780814661512","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}