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Yearning for You - Psalms and the Song of Songs in Conversation with Rock and Worship Songs (Hardcover, New)
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Yearning for You - Psalms and the Song of Songs in Conversation with Rock and Worship Songs (Hardcover, New)
Series: The Bible in the Modern World, 46
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'From your lips she drew the Hallelujah' (Leonard Cohen). Romance
and sexual desire are expressed in some of today's most popular
songs using religious language. Conversely, the latest Christian
worship songs sometimes invite worshippers to speak to God in the
language of desire and romance. Contemporary Western culture and
spirituality blur the boundaries between desire for God and sexual
desire. This innovative book stages a conversation first between
biblical songs and then between biblical and contemporary songs.
Desire for intimacy is the topic of conversation. Texts from the
Song of Songs are first in dialogue with some of the Psalms,
exploring their themes of desire, absence, longing, hearing,
delight, feasting, physicality, mutuality and security. The circle
of conversation is then widened to consider the voices of
contemporary rock and worship songs in the light of what has been
uncovered in the biblical songs, and to hear what questions today's
songs may ask of the ancient texts. The biblical voices resist any
suggestion, Goodman argues, that human sexual experience may be a
means of encounter with God, or a sacrament of such an encounter.
They also highlight the disparity in power between God and human
beings which weighs against any sense of a balanced mutuality in
yearning. Yet eros or romance may serve as a metaphor for a
divine-human relationship, if used alongside a variety of other
metaphors. At points of intersection, where they converge and
conflict, these different metaphors can create a deeper
understanding of the yearning for intimacy, both human and divine.
General
Imprint: |
Sheffield Phoenix Press
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
The Bible in the Modern World, 46 |
Release date: |
September 2012 |
First published: |
September 2012 |
Authors: |
William Goodman
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Laminated cover
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Pages: |
282 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-907534-61-4 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-907534-61-X |
Barcode: |
9781907534614 |
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