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'This rich book makes us alert to the way Christ is present in the world and in the Church. It helps us to deepen our appreciation of Christ and what he has done.' (Alister McGrath )
Eugene Peterson knows how to share Biblical and theological insights in ways that both inform and excite his readers, and in this work he excels even his own high standards. The combination of reflections drawn from his own experience, and the way he connects them with stories from the Bible and the wider Christian tradition, not only offers an intellectually rigorous model for doing theology in today's world, but will also inspire readers who wish to express their spirituality in ways that connect with the realities of everyday experience as well as being true to the historic Christian faith. (John Drane )
The author is to be thanked and congratulated for addressing two of the most fundamental problems that face Christianity today: first, that our talk about God (theology) has cut adrift from our experience of God (spirituality) and secondly, that spirituality itself has become so abstract that it fails to focus on the ordinary, everyday material conditions of our existence, which is the only place we can meet God.
Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places is a book for all places, for all times, for all peoples and for all situations, however tragic and hopefless they may seem to be. (Gerard Hughes )
Eugene Peterson knows how to share Biblical and theological insights in ways that both inform and excite his readers, and in this work he excels even his own high standards. The combination of reflections drawn from his own experience, and the way he connects them with stories from the Bible and the wider Christian tradition, not only offers an intellectually rigorous model for doing theology in today's world, but will also inspire readers who wish to express their spirituality in ways that connect with the realities of everyday experience as well as being true to the historic Christian faith. (John Drane )
The author is to be thanked and congratulated for addressing two of the most fundamental problems that face Christianity today: first, that our talk about God (theology) has cut adrift from our experience of God (spirituality) and secondly, that spirituality itself has become so abstract that it fails to focus on the ordinary, everyday material conditions of our existence, which is the only place we can meet God.
Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places is a book for all places, for all times, for all peoples and for all situations, however tragic and hopefless they may seem to be. (Gerard Hughes )
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'This rich book makes us alert to the way Christ is present in the world and in the Church. It helps us to deepen our appreciation of Christ and what he has done.' -- Alister McGrath 20110401 Eugene Peterson knows how to share Biblical and theological insights in ways that both inform and excite his readers, and in this work he excels even his own high standards. The combination of reflections drawn from his own experience, and the way he connects them with stories from the Bible and the wider Christian tradition, not only offers an intellectually rigorous model for doing theology in today's world, but will also inspire readers who wish to express their spirituality in ways that connect with the realities of everyday experience as well as being true to the historic Christian faith. -- John Drane 20110401 The author is to be thanked and congratulated for addressing two of the most fundamental problems that face Christianity today: first, that our talk about God (theology) has cut adrift from our experience of God (spirituality) and secondly, that spirituality itself has become so abstract that it fails to focus on the ordinary, everyday material conditions of our existence, which is the only place we can meet God. Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places is a book for all places, for all times, for all peoples and for all situations, however tragic and hopefless they may seem to be. -- Gerard Hughes 20110401
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47 of 48 people found the following review helpful
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just as you thought his work couldn't get any better he rolls out this one. This is wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. Because he is a poet/ pastor/ academic/ spiritual director/ prayer-er/ theologian he conveys not only his meaning, but the sense of that meaning in what and how he writes. His profound understanding of who God is and how this God deals with us is so vital to the church today - saving us from a God who has been captured and controlled by the church or a God who is diffused and lost in the inert vagueness of anything goes.
Buy it, pray it, preach it, give it away, live it.
Buy it, pray it, preach it, give it away, live it.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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I wish I knew how one person can write so many excellent books, as well as translating the Message... This is the first in a 5-part series, and I have now read the first three (so far, all that's been published)and am now reading this first volume for the 3rd time - it is definitely a book worth digesting thoroughly. Read it first for the poetically beautiful way he writes; secondly to understand the ideas, and at least one more time to be able to explain them to others.
In this book, Peterson's stated aim is to "provide the ...spirituality of our time with structure and coherence by working from a scriptural foundation and with a Trinitarian imagination." That's what I love about it - solid Biblical truth expressed in imaginative ways that help the reader not only to understand deep truths, but to be inspired by them - and to want to live them.
The title comes from a sonnet by Gerard Manley Hopkins:
"For Christ plays in ten thousand places/Lovely in limbs, and lovely in eyes not his/ To the Father through the features of men's faces".
Peterson says this sums up what he is trying to do - not to give us more information, but to get us more in on the 'play' of living in all we do for the glory of God
The book is divided into 4 parts:
Clearing the Playing Field - where he deals with all the false spiritualities around today, and establishes the basic Christian stories.
Christ Plays in Creation - where he explores the sacred in all creation, including people.
Christ Plays in History - where he explores the real meaning of history, and how to enter history as Christians.
Christ Plays in Community - how to enter into Christ's holy community as full participants.
It is not an easy read, but it is a beautiful and worthwhile read.
In this book, Peterson's stated aim is to "provide the ...spirituality of our time with structure and coherence by working from a scriptural foundation and with a Trinitarian imagination." That's what I love about it - solid Biblical truth expressed in imaginative ways that help the reader not only to understand deep truths, but to be inspired by them - and to want to live them.
The title comes from a sonnet by Gerard Manley Hopkins:
"For Christ plays in ten thousand places/Lovely in limbs, and lovely in eyes not his/ To the Father through the features of men's faces".
Peterson says this sums up what he is trying to do - not to give us more information, but to get us more in on the 'play' of living in all we do for the glory of God
The book is divided into 4 parts:
Clearing the Playing Field - where he deals with all the false spiritualities around today, and establishes the basic Christian stories.
Christ Plays in Creation - where he explores the sacred in all creation, including people.
Christ Plays in History - where he explores the real meaning of history, and how to enter history as Christians.
Christ Plays in Community - how to enter into Christ's holy community as full participants.
It is not an easy read, but it is a beautiful and worthwhile read.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Thought-provoking yet accessible sections, grounded in Scripture, on Christ in Creation, History and Community, and the place of worship, hospitality, meals, ritual, sacrifice, etc, in deepening our understanding of Christ's presence in the world and in the serving, loving Church.
Worth reading and re-reading.
Worth reading and re-reading.
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Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places
One of the best theological books I've read in a long time. Peterson's content is both biblically directed and culturally relevant. Read more
Published on 12 Jan 2010 by I. T. Campbell
Eugene at the top of his game
For those not yet in the EP way, this is an excellent introduction to what all the fuss is about. Eugene doesn't write books. Read more
Published on 22 Jun 2009 by S. Benham
truly excellent writing
how does eugene peterson keep producing such excellent writing? this is really good stuff. touches on so many significant issues and always manages to break through to the heart of... Read more
Published on 6 July 2007 by A. J. Scholes
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