
Sensing God
Reading Scripture with All of Our Senses
Roger Ferlo(Author)
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published on 1. November 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-1-56101-202-2 (ISBN)
Description
Think of all the senses you use when you pick up a Bible. What do you see? What do you smell? What do you touch? Reading scripture attentively is more than a matter of sight. Most of us have been taught to think about God in visual terms, yet the very subject matter of scripture-our relationship with the fullness of God-makes irresistible demands upon all of our senses if we are to begin to understand anything about God.
In these meditations on stories from the New Testament, Roger Ferlo shows us how to read the Bible in a "full-bodied" way, with all the senses attuned. For just as a printed recipe cannot substitute for a mouth-watering feast, so the Bible must be brought to life through the senses. Its stories must be seen, heard, touched, smelled, and tasted. Only then, Ferlo believes, can we truly begin to encounter in our lives the Word of God to us in scripture.
Sensing God is one of our series of Cowley Cloister Books: smaller format, gift edition books designed for meditative and devotional reading.
In these meditations on stories from the New Testament, Roger Ferlo shows us how to read the Bible in a "full-bodied" way, with all the senses attuned. For just as a printed recipe cannot substitute for a mouth-watering feast, so the Bible must be brought to life through the senses. Its stories must be seen, heard, touched, smelled, and tasted. Only then, Ferlo believes, can we truly begin to encounter in our lives the Word of God to us in scripture.
Sensing God is one of our series of Cowley Cloister Books: smaller format, gift edition books designed for meditative and devotional reading.
Reviews / Votes
Because Ferlo wears his erudition as gracefully as he writes, laity and clergy alike can embrace Sensing God. * Theology Today *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
163 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-56101-202-2 (9781561012022)
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11/2001
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Person
ROGER FERLO is the rector of the Church of St. Luke in the Fields in New York City, the author of Opening the Bible in the The New Church's Teaching Series, and a popular teacher of scripture.
Content
Part 1 Sensing Scripture
Chapter 2 The Smell of God
Chapter 3 The Taste of God
Chapter 4 The Touch of God
Chapter 5 The Sound and Sight of God
Chapter 2 The Smell of God
Chapter 3 The Taste of God
Chapter 4 The Touch of God
Chapter 5 The Sound and Sight of God