Theosomnia

A Christian Theology of Sleep

AvAndrew Bishop

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

Sleep occupies around one third of a person's life and is the subject of research across many disciplines. In this groundbreaking new monograph, Andrew Bishop explores sleep by creatively drawing on resources of the Christian tradition.Sleep is a subject which demands theological attention, because of the central place it occupies in contemporary reflection on what it is to be human. Offering original research, this book investigates sleep for the first time from a theological position, looking at all key questions that a theological treatment of sleep raises, including issues of identity and personhood, sleep and mortality, resurrection, and renewal and healing.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-02-21
Mått:153 x 227 x 5 mm
Vikt:261 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Studies in Religion and Theology
Antal sidor:168
Förlag:Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN:9781785922183

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Andrew Bishop is a Canon of Guildford Cathedral, Coordinating Chaplain to the University of Surrey and author of Eucharist Shaping and Herbert's Liturgy and Society: Church, Mission and Personhood (Ashgate/Routledge: 2016)

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This is a brilliant book which sheds much godly light on the mystery of sleep. Sleep is surprisingly little explored, given how much of our lives we spend engaged in it. The author provides us here with a treasure trove of biblical and Christian thought, together with much original thinking, which illuminate, challenge and inspire. I commend it very highly.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction. 1. Into Your Hands, O Lord, I Commend My Spirit. 2. I Will Lie Down and Sleep. 3. Be Sober, Be Vigilant. 4. As the Night Watch Looks For the Morning. Conclusion: I Will Awake the Dawn.