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Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian worship > General
Forji has the magical knack of showing the world as it appears
through the eyes of a young person. His words first introduce the
reader to Cameroon's diverse society as an infant sees it; and then
we peer with him through the anxious lens of adolescence. Forji's
is an authentic Cameroonian voice that helps the reader understand
how things were for a youngster in his country in the 1980s and
1990s. Claire George PhD Stunning and unique not just for the
unconventional storyline but also the ingenuity with which Forji
tells it. ...an interesting read that chronicles life in a typical
African setting as well as the complexities of polygamous family
circles. Dr. Edinam K. Glover, University of Helsinki A prosaic
masterpiece packed with memorable events. ...an illuminating
African story. Tchoumi Leopold, Author of Des Amours Sans Papiers
This is a sequel to two highly successful collections of short
songs ("Come All You People" and "There Is One Among Us") for use
in worship. Here the net is thrown wider with material from
AIDs-ridden communities in the developing world side by side with
recent products from the Wild Goose Resource Group. It is an ideal
collection for small choirs, social justice enthusiasts,
multiculturalists and all who regard themselves a global Christian.
Turley begins by surveying the history of the interface between
ritual studies and Pauline scholarship, identifying the scholarly
gaps in both method and conclusions and a ritual theory adequate to
address such gaps. The focus of the work is then on the two rituals
that identified the Pauline communities: ritual washings and ritual
meals. Turley explores Galatians and 1 Corinthians, two letters
that present the richest spread of evidence pertinent to ritual
theory. By exploring Paul's reference to ritual washings and meals
with a heuristic use of ritual theory, Turley concludes that
rituals in early Christianity were inherently revelatory, in that
they revealed the dawning of the messianic age through the bodies
of the ritual participants. This bodily revelation established both
a distinctly Christian ethic and a distinctly Christian social
space by which such an ethical identity might be identified and
sustained.
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