| Living the Sabbath: Discovering the Rhythms of Rest and Delight Contributor(s): Wirzba, Norman (Author), Berry, Wendell (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1587431653 ISBN-13: 9781587431654 Publisher: Brazos Press OUR PRICE: $19.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2006 Annotation: Sabbath is one day a week when we should rest from our otherwise harried lives, right? In Living the Sabbath, Norman Wirzba leads us to a much more holistic and rewarding understanding of Sabbath-keeping. Wirzba shows how Sabbath is ultimately about delight in the goodness that God has made--in everything we do, every day of the week. With practical examples, Wirzba unpacks what that means for our daily lives at work, in our homes, in our economies, in school, in our treatment of creation, and in church. This book will appeal to clergy and laypeople alike and to all who are seeking ways to discover the transformative power of Sabbath in their lives today. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Rituals & Practice - General - Religion | Holidays - Christian - Religion | Christian Living - General |
| Dewey: 263.1 |
| LCCN: 2006010011 |
| Series: Christian Practice of Everyday Life |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 6.08" W x 8.92" (0.55 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Theometrics - Evangelical |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sabbath is one day a week when we should rest from our otherwise harried lives, right? In Living the Sabbath, Norman Wirzba leads us to a much more holistic and rewarding understanding of Sabbath-keeping. Wirzba shows how Sabbath is ultimately about delight in the goodness that God has made--in everything we do, every day of the week. With practical examples, Wirzba unpacks what that means for our daily lives at work, in our homes, in our economies, in school, in our treatment of creation, and in church. This book will appeal to clergy and laypeople alike and to all who are seeking ways to discover the transformative power of Sabbath in their lives today. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wirzba, Norman: - Norman Wirzba (PhD, Loyola University, Chicago) is professor of theology and ecology at Duke University Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including Food and Faith: A Theology of Eating, Living the Sabbath, Making Peace with the Land (coauthored with Fred Bahnson), The Essential Agrarian Reader, The Paradise of God: Renewing Religion in an Ecological Age, and The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry. |