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    Any Body There?: Worship and Being Human in a Digital Age
    Any Body There?: Worship and Being Human in a Digital Age
    Any Body There?: Worship and Being Human in a Digital Age
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    Any Body There?: Worship and Being Human in a Digital Age

    By Craig Michael Mueller

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    Any body there? we may wonder as we watch people engage with their smart phones while being oblivious to what is going on around them. Anybody there? is the question facing the church as it wrestles with declining religious affiliation. Craig Mueller considers this contemporary context, and offers a response based in an incarnational spirituality accentuating the body and finding expression in corporate, multisensory liturgy.

    Mueller creatively weaves together topics from our digital lives with personal and congregational stories and theological, liturgical, and spiritual reflections. Concepts such as virtuality, the analog, 24/7 connectivity, access, design, and GPS are juxtaposed with themes of embodiment, mortality, sabbath, mystery, beauty, and vocation.

    Drawing on his experience as a pastor to millennials, his studies in liturgical theology, and his work on the effects of technology on daily life, Mueller proposes that corporate worship is an antidote to the distraction, fragmentation, and spiritual hunger in society today. As humans continue to merge with machines, participation in the Sunday liturgy reminds us of what it means to be human: a deeper connection to our bodies and the earth and a clear sense of purpose and mission for our everyday lives.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWipf and Stock
    Release dateJul 21, 2017
    ISBN9781498245302
    Any Body There?: Worship and Being Human in a Digital Age
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    Craig Michael Mueller

    Craig Mueller (DMin) has served as pastor at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Chicago since 1999. In addition, he is a liturgical writer and workshop presenter, and provides leadership for the spiritual formation program at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. His publications include Soli Deo Gloria: Choir Devotions for Year A (2010).

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