Playing: Christian Explorations of Daily Living (Compass) (Compass: Christian Explorations of Daily Living)
"Everyday practices matter for Christian faith. Our ordinary routines - eating, cooking, working, walking, shopping, playing, and parenting - are responses to the life God gives to the world.... Bodies, baths, meals, and households matter to Christian faith because God takes these everyday practices and materials as God's own: blessing, redeeming, and transforming them. This series considers everyday practices as sites for theological reflection. When we pay close attention to everyday practices, we can glimpse classical Christian themes - redemption, creation, and incarnation - in new light. The series does not attempt to apply classical doctrines to particular practices but to offer narratives of ordinary routines, explore how immersion in them affects Christian life in a global world, and imagine how practice might re-form theology and theology re-form practice." --David H. Jensen, Series editor"This clear and incisive little book is a gem, a real tour de force! With homely wit and theological sophistication, James Evans calls us out to the joy of play!" --M. Sawn Copeland, Theology Department, Boston College