Faith in Motion: How Religion Inspires Physical Activity
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Overview
Faith in Motion invites readers on a transformative journey where belief and behavior converge. Drawing from groundbreaking research on the physical activity practices of the Seventh-Day Adventist community in the UK, Hezron Ottey explores how faith can be a powerful force not just for spiritual health but for physical and communal well-being. This compelling book uncovers the unique ways in which religious values, cultural identity, and lifestyle intersect to promote holistic health.
With a blend of narrative insight, scholarly depth, and lived experience, Faith in Motion challenges readers--whether scholars, health professionals, church leaders, or seekers--to rethink how theology can shape wellness, community engagement, and personal purpose. In an age of rising health disparities, this book offers a timely and hope-filled vision: that moving in faith can indeed move the world.
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- Explores how faith can be a powerful motivator for physical wellness.
- Aims to provide a “hope-filled vision” for a wide audience, including scholars, health professionals, and church leaders.
- Examines the intersection of religious values, cultural identity, and lifestyle to show how they combine to promote holistic health.
- A Sacred Journey: Why This Book Matters Now
- Why This Book Matters
- Faith in Everyday Motion
- Leadership in Motion
- Barriers and Breakthroughs
- The Role of Community in Sustaining Motion
- Movement as Mission-Witnessing Through the Way We Live
- Reclaiming the Body-Faith, Movement, and the Sacred Self
- Healing Through Motion-Restoring the Body, Mind, and Spirit
- Designing a Movement-Based Ministry-Models, Resources, and Next Steps
- Sustaining the Movement-Legacy, Leadership, and Lifelong Impact
- Appendix A: Movement Ministry Starter Toolkit
- Appendix B: Reflection and Small Group Discussion Guide
- Appendix C: Recommended Resources
- Appendix D: Sample Weekly Devotional Movement Program (Four Weeks)
With passion and great gentleness, Hezron shares his vision for a church in which the body in movement takes its proper place. Theologically insightful and rich in practical ways of bringing and embedding change, this book brings new insight to a neglected dimension of the discipleship and mission of the Seventh Day Adventist community.
——Peter Kevern, Professor of Values in Health and Social Care, University of Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Hezron Ottey masterfully bridges Seventh Day Adventist theology and heritage, public health, and lived experience, offering a vision of discipleship that pulses through every breath, step, and stretch. This book is not just theory, it’s testimony. It’s a call to reclaim the body as sacred space, to move with purpose, and to lead with grace. Whether you’re a pastor seeking to reinvigorate your congregation, a health professional integrating faith into wellness, or a believer yearning to live your faith more fully, Faith in Motion will inspire you to walk, dance, and breathe your way into deeper spiritual alignment. It’s not just a book, it’s a movement.
——Ruiz Warren, Principal Lecturer, Montego Bay Community College, Jamaica
Faith in Motion is a rare and timely book that brings theology, health, and community into living conversation. With clarity and passion, Hezron Ottey shows how faith moves beyond words into embodied practice—shaping worship, witness, and holistic flourishing of body, mind, and spirit. Essential reading for anyone seeking to rediscover the Adventist health message as life in motion.
——Tihomir Lazic, Principal Lecturer in Theology, Newbold College
- Title: Faith in Motion: How Religion Inspires Physical Activity
- Author: Hezron Ottey
- Publisher: Resource Publications
- Print Publication Date: 2025
- Logos Release Date: 2025
- Pages: 178
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- Subject: Christian Lif
- ISBNs: 9798385256808, 9798385256792, 9798385256785
- Resource ID: LLS:9798385256808
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-10-29T01:45:42Z