Between Two Gardens: Reflections On Sexuality And Religious Experience
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
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What happens when the most intimate dimensions of human experience intersect with the sacred? In Between Two Gardens: Reflections on Sexuality and Religious Experience, theologian James B. Nelson presents a bold and groundbreaking argument that human sexuality and religious faith are not opposing forces, but deeply intertwined aspects of a single, embodied spiritual life. Drawing on Christian theology, ethics, and personal narrative, Nelson charts a course between the Garden of Eden and the garden of human desire, challenging centuries of religious tradition that have treated the body with suspicion and shame. The central conflict is nothing less than the reconciliation of flesh and spirit — a tension that has defined Western religious thought for millennia. Nelson writes with rare pastoral warmth and intellectual rigor, weaving together theology, psychology, and social ethics to argue that authentic spirituality must be grounded in an honest embrace of human embodiment. Between Two Gardens stands as a landmark text in the field of body theology, a discipline Nelson himself helped to shape, and its influence continues to resonate in progressive Christian and academic circles alike. For anyone who has ever felt the tension between faith and the fullness of human experience, this work asks a question that lingers long after the final page: can we truly know the divine without first knowing ourselves?
Author: James B. Nelson
Format: Paperback
Published: 1983, Pilgrim Press
Genre: Religion
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What happens when the most intimate dimensions of human experience intersect with the sacred? In Between Two Gardens: Reflections on Sexuality and Religious Experience, theologian James B. Nelson presents a bold and groundbreaking argument that human sexuality and religious faith are not opposing forces, but deeply intertwined aspects of a single, embodied spiritual life. Drawing on Christian theology, ethics, and personal narrative, Nelson charts a course between the Garden of Eden and the garden of human desire, challenging centuries of religious tradition that have treated the body with suspicion and shame. The central conflict is nothing less than the reconciliation of flesh and spirit — a tension that has defined Western religious thought for millennia. Nelson writes with rare pastoral warmth and intellectual rigor, weaving together theology, psychology, and social ethics to argue that authentic spirituality must be grounded in an honest embrace of human embodiment. Between Two Gardens stands as a landmark text in the field of body theology, a discipline Nelson himself helped to shape, and its influence continues to resonate in progressive Christian and academic circles alike. For anyone who has ever felt the tension between faith and the fullness of human experience, this work asks a question that lingers long after the final page: can we truly know the divine without first knowing ourselves?