Grace Moving Dynamics
Download Grace Moving Dynamics PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get Grace Moving Dynamics book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages.
Hear the Ancient Wisdom
Author: Charles R. Ringma
language: en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date: 2013-03-08
There is a hunger in the modern world for spirituality. One vast resource of spiritual wisdom comes from the pre-Reformation church--from the martyrs of the first centuries of Christianity, through the long tradition of monasticism, to the medieval Christian mystics. These are the deep wells of Christian reflection from persons such as John Chrysostom, Augustine, Benedict, Francis of Assisi, Bonaventure, Bernard of Clairvaux, Meister Eckhart, Hildegard of Bingen, and Julian of Norwich, to mention just a few. The spiritual insights of over seventy men and women of pre-Reformation Christianity are found in these pages. From these figures we can learn more about the practices of prayer and contemplation, a life of following Christ, the relevance of community, the challenge of asceticism, the movement of withdrawal and engagement, the love of God for God's own sake, living the gospel, sacrificing for the kingdom of God, the longing for union with God, the practices of justice, and a life of prophetic witness. For us, so embedded and shaped by the modern world, this ancient wisdom will come as refreshing water and as a breath of fresh air, with the wings of the Spirit and whispers of angels.
Minor Moves
Author: Allison S. Curseen
language: en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date: 2026-05-26
Scholars and critics have long understood the writing of nineteenth-century Black women as critiquing the figure of Topsy, an enslaved girl in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s influential novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Many interpret the works of authors such as Harriet Jacobs, Harriet Wilson, and Hannah Crafts as rejecting Topsy and providing their own corrective representations of Black girls. Through close readings of these works, Allison S. Curseen argues otherwise. Instead, she contends, Black girls' physical movements emerge in their narratives not as rejections but as critical reenactments of Topsy. Minor Moves draws on performance studies, literary studies, and childhood studies to offer provocative and incisive readings of Black girls' movements in nineteenth-century US literature. Curseen challenges readers to pay attention to “minor” movements that appear fleeting, inconsequential, and easy to overlook. Attending to these movements, Curseen argues, is crucial to imagining Black girl life amid the anti-Blackness embedded in American culture. These movements reveal modes of being that work to elude dominant structures and gesture to the abundance of Black life—to growing bodies, fugitive Black female desires, queer geographies, and unruly, childish plotting.
Reconstructing Sexual Ethics
Deconstructing purity culture and reconstructing sexual ethics is essential to the survival of the Christian religion. When statistics tell us that approximately 90% of Americans have premarital sex, and 87% of Australians believe premarital sex is morally “acceptable” why do many Christian organizations still promote purity culture? It clearly does not work. If we are going to talk about healthy sexual expression, loving relationships, and how to navigate consent, we need to do so realistically. Reconstructing Sexual Ethics opens up deeply honest and authentic conversations around topics like masturbation, pornography, consent, rape, contraception, abortion, homophobia and queer-affirmation, exploring how the author has evolved in these and many other areas, and challenging the church to do the same. Part memoir and part manifesto, this book reframes Christian sexual ethics in profoundly important ways, elevating the love and grace of God above Evangelical purity culture. It has the power to radically transform conversations around various aspects of our sexuality within the Christian religion and broader society. Endorsements: Reconstructing Sexual Ethics is a courageous, compassionate, and deeply needed work. With honesty, theological depth, and a commitment to love and justice, Eady Jay dismantles harmful purity culture teachings and charts a healthier, grace-filled path forward. This book gives voice to those who have long wrestled with shame and silence, and it offers a vision of sexuality that is life-giving, liberating, and faithful. ~ Rev. Brandan Robertson, author of Queer & Christian: Reclaiming the Bible, our Faith, and our Place at the Table Eady Jay goes there. She transparently and bravely deconstructs and breaks down the oppressive forces of puritanical culture that she was raised with, and that are still embedded in mainstream culture today. You may or may not agree with everything she has written, but we are all better for it. Why? Because exploring the relationship between faith and sexuality serves to liberate us from centuries of our joy being suppressed and our sexuality being oppressed. She writes with abundant grace, keen insights, and a clear heart for Christ, aiming to reform our relationship with our bodies, one another, and God. I have no doubt that her words will illuminate others on a similar journey. ~ Chantal McKinney, author of Following Jesus Beyond Church Walls This is a book I have always wanted to write and Eady Jay has done it better! Gripping, accessible, and humble in its wrestling with the Scripture, tradition, and ordinary life, her story welcomes readers across the spectrum of faith and sexuality to find inspiration, challenge, and even affirming echoes of their own experiences. Vulnerability and courage write themselves across every page in the unanswered questions, honest explorations, and uncertain steps that define a journey we all face in learning how to more fully embody the truth we see about God in our diverse expressions of sexuality. ~ Dr. Kevin Jenson, theologian and author of Sacred not Sinful: A New Christian Ethic Reconstructing Sexual Ethics is a refreshingly frank yet deeply pastoral reimagining of Christian sexual ethics. It affirms the essential dynamics of queerness, gender equity, and consent, offering clarity and compassion for those seeking a more just and loving vision of sexuality. Alongside other voices that deepen intersectionality and expand its scope, it is an important and thought-provoking resource that I highly recommend. ~ Jamie Arpin-Ricci, founder of The Rainbow Well Eady Jay has given us something remarkable in Reconstructing Sexual Ethics. With honesty and courage, she speaks directly to those who have deconstructed some or all of their faith, weaving together deeply personal stories with a thoughtful and robust theological vision. The result is an invitation into a sexual ethic free from the harmful rhetoric of purity culture and grounded instead in freedom, dignity, and grace. ~ Jessica Vanderwyngaard, Producer of I Survived I Kissed Dating Goodbye and the Where Do We Go From Here? Podcast.