How Bodies Believe with David Taylor

The Russell Moore Show

Russell Moore

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 5 July 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, our times of worship changed in measurable ways. What did we learn about God and ourselves through that disembodied experience? How does the sensory affect our spirituality? Why did God create human bodies to be so, well, bodily in everything from procreation to waste elimination? On today’s episode of The Russell Moore Show, Moore poses these questions to W. David O. Taylor. Taylor is a professor of Theology and Culture at Fuller Theological Seminary, a priest, and the author of several titles, including the recently released A Body of Praise: Understanding the Role of Our Physical Bodies in Worship. Moore and Taylor discuss the “intimate earthiness” of God’s creation of humanity and what it means to bear the divine image in our bodies. They talk about how the various church settings engage with the body, what Scripture has to say about our bodies, and the ways that abuse can harm a community’s understanding of the body. Tune in for an insightful conversation of the physical, the spiritual, and how they weave together in our engagement with God and one another. Resources mentioned in this episode include: A Body of Praise: Understanding the Role of Our Physical Bodies in Worship by W. David O. Taylor Handle with Care: How Jesus Redeems the Power of Touch in Life and Ministry by Lore Ferguson Wilbert Pre-order Russell’s new title, Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America, here! Do you have a question for Russell Moore? Send it to questions@russellmoore.com. Click here for a trial membership at Christianity Today. “The Russell Moore Show” is a production of Christianity Today Executive Producers: Erik Petrik, Russell Moore, and Mike Cosper Host: Russell Moore Producer: Ashley Hales Associate Producers: Abby Perry and Azurae Phelps CT Administration: Christine Kolb Social Media: Kate Lucky Director of Operations for CT Media: Matt Stevens Production Assistance: coreMEDIA Audio Engineer: Kevin Duthu Coordinator: Beth Grabenkort Video Producer: John Roland Theme Song: “Dusty Delta Day” by Lennon Hutton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:49.2	Every week we explore here conversations and questions from a Christian perspective to help you
0:55.2	sort out how to live as a follower of Jesus in confusing times. This week we have
1:01.3	a conversation to seek to do just that. Summertime always makes me think of vacation Bible school as a kid in my home church
1:18.0	and one of the things that I've realized more and more as I've grown older is that this really was the height of
1:27.3	liturgy perhaps in my very low church Southern Baptist context because at the time every year there was a
1:37.5	rhythm of lining up outside the church marching in with the American flag, Christian flag, Bible,
1:46.2	pledging allegiance to both flags and to the Bible. Same songs being sung.
1:53.6	And it's also amazing to me how if I stop and think about that
1:57.0	for a minute, all of the senses in my memory light up. The smell of the church foyer when we walked into it. The
2:08.7	physicality of walking down the aisle, the sight of seeing the pastor and our leaders standing up in the front
2:18.0	to greeting us as we marched in the taste right after of a particular kind of flower-looking cookie and red
2:28.2	kule. I mean all of those things come into play and I realize just what a bodily experience that was as well
2:38.1	as a spiritual experience that it was and I thought about that quite a bit as I was reading this new book called
2:46.4	a body of praise, understanding the role of our physical bodies in worship, and that's what I want to talk about today.
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