Rhythmic Flesh: How the Regulation of Bodily Rhythm Contributes to Spirituality in the Jesus Prayer, Medieval Dance, and African American Preaching

Recent scholarship on the concept of flesh in Christianity points to the body’s susceptibility to change and influence from material phenomena as well as from social and discursive forces. But what are the processes by which such forces shape the body? This article argues, by analyzing three Christi...

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Main Author: Eikelboom, Lexi 1987- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press [2020]
In: Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 88, Issue: 3, Pages: 805-831
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Christianity / Prayer / Embodiment / Rhythm / Hesychasm / Liturgics / Dance / The Americas / Blacks / Predigtgottesdienst
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
RC Liturgy
RD Hymnology
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