Embodied Faith Reflections on a Materialist Spirituality

includes index and biblioraphy

BACKGROUND AND DEFINITION 1. The Horizon 3 Neo-Liberalism, Privatization, and a Blooming Religious Market Under the Auspices of "Postmodernity" 2. Materialist Spirituality 14 What in the World . . . ? An Initial Definition TRINITARIAN FOUNDATION 3. Creation and Redemption 33 Two Sides of the Same Coin 4. The Incarnation 43 An Affirmation of True Humanity 5. The Holy Spirit 54 The Grounded Wire of Christian Life CHURCH AND SACRAMENTS 6. The Church Place of Salvation and Priest of Creation 7. Sacraments and Sacramentality The Backbone of Our Life in Christ 8. Prayer as Language and Liturgy as Song On the Meaning of Worship WORLD AND CULTURE 9. For the Life of the World 125 An Earthly Spirituality 10. In the Midst of Life 139 A Spirituality for Reality 11. "The Heart Is Slow to Love What the Eye Does Not See" 147 The Role of Art in Materialist Spirituality FURTHER EXPLORATIONS 12. "No Man Is an Island" An Ecumenically Based Community Spirituality 13. The Fundamental Reasonability of Faith Sober Spirituality 14. Materialist Spirituality and World Religions Common Concerns 15. Concluding Remarks A Living Hope: A Hope for Life