Holy Ground: The Importance of the Body, Posture, and Liturgy in Worship

by L. Charles Jackson

Publisher:

Wipf and Stock

, 2024

Jesus did not say "take and think." He said "take and eat." This is embodied worship. It includes gestures, rites, kneeling, raising hands, and of course eating and drinking a holy meal with God. These activities are liturgies. Liturgy is the physical, embodied activity of worship--it's what we do in worship--everyone has a liturgy! As such, worship is the church's primary means of discipleship.
Instead of fearing to kneel because it's "Roman Catholic," or fearing to raise your hands because it's "Pentecostal," perhaps we should simply see what God recommends in the Scriptures--then without fear and by faith (at the appropriate time) start kneeling, raising our hands, and eating a covenant meal with God (on a weekly basis). The hope is to replace a fear-driven approach to worship with a faith-driven, embodied worship that offers deep, robust, and beautiful worship experiences combined with the hope of great blessings. In doing so, we hope for nothing less than a new reformation--a reformation in worship.

Praise for Holy Ground

“L. Charles Jackson’s Holy Ground is a welcome and important reminder that as much as worship is a spiritual enterprise, it involves people who are embodied souls (or ensouled bodies depending on your anthropology), and so belief in Christian doctrines and zeal in Christian devotion cannot exist except for believers whose lives in this world depend on flesh and blood. For those who want to ponder the physical aspects of worship, Jackson’s book is a helpful place to start.”

—D. G. Hart, associate professor of history, Hillsdale College

Product Details

• Title: Holy Ground: The Importance of the Body, Posture, and Liturgy in Worship
• Author: L. Charles Jackson
• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Print Publication Date: 2024
• Logos Release Date: 2024
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Ebook
• ISBNs: 9781532694035, 9781532694028, 1532694024, 9781532694011, 1532694016, 1532694032
• Resource ID: LLS:9781532694035
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-01T01:05:42Z

About L. Charles Jackson

L. Charles Jackson (M.A., University of Leicester, England; M.A., Reformed Theological Seminary) is pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Dayton, Ohio and a Ph.D student at the University of Leicester, England. He and his wife, Connie, have six children.