Materiality as Resistance Sunday's Book Class
Sun, Mar 12
|Powell
In Materiality as Resistance, Walter Brueggemann defines materiality as the use of the material aspects of the Christian faith, as opposed to materialism, which places possessions and physical comfort over spiritual values.
Time & Location
Mar 12, 2023, 11:45 AM – 1:45 PM
Powell, 308 Mountain View St, Powell, WY 82435, USA
About the event
Jesus practiced materiality when he healed the bodies of the sick, proclaimed Jubilee to the poor, and fed the five thousand. He practiced materiality over materialism.
In Materiality as Resistance, Walter Brueggemann defines materiality as the use of the material aspects of the Christian faith, as opposed to materialism, which places possessions and physical comfort over spiritual values. In this concise volume, Brueggemann lays out how we as Christians may reengage our materiality for the common good.
Chapters include Money, Food, The Body, Time, and Place.