Jim C. Cunningham considers his latest 588-page work, Nudity and
Christianity, to be his "magnum opus." It represents the fruit of
thirty years of research, meditation, discussion and many personal
experiences. Though much of the material is new, Jim has included
the best of his twenty-three years of naturist publishing. Although
all of his previous publications (see naturistlife.com) were highly
photographic, this latest is 100% textual, in hopes of reaching
those who might be intimidated even by tasteful graphics. The
insightful ideas of dozens of authors from various denominations
are represented here, from Pope John Paul II to Dietrich
Bonhoeffer, C.S. Lewis to Kahlil Gibran and even Mark Twain. The
purpose of this book is to encourage readers to probe the reasons
for wearing clothes. Today, Western convention tends to assume that
"nude is lewd," but it was not always that way. For half the
Church's history, catechumens--men, women, boys and girls, were
routinely baptized together, nude, by full immersion. Today, we
recoil at learning this, but how have cultural attitudes toward the
body changed to effect this reaction? Jim asks those hard questions
about the body and the meaning of true modesty, and exhorts
Christians to lead the way in asserting God's definition of the
body, rather than Playboy's. Instead of allowing pornographers to
define the body for us, and then create a virtue of modesty to fit
that false definition, Christians should assert God's definition as
found in Scripture and Church Tradition. When we view the body as
Jesus did, our definition of modesty becomes radically different
from what is conventionally presumed. Two highly detailed indices
(Scriptural andTopical) make this an excellent reference book.
Readers are exhorted to live what they learn. Jim proposes
attending "Theology of the Body Retreats." For more information go
to JIMCCUNNINGHAM.COM.
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