Kathryn Dickason

Ringleaders of Redemption

How Medieval Dance Became Sacred

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Publisher: OUP USA (https://global.oup.com/?cc=us)
Genres:
Christian Church History, Dance, Spiritual Rituals
Excerpt:

In popular thought, Christianity is often figured as being opposed to dance. Conventional scholarship traces this controversy back to the Middle Ages. Throughout the medieval era, the Latin Church denounced and prohibited dancing in religious and secular realms, often aligning it with demonic intervention, lust, pride, and sacrilege. Historical sources, however, suggest that medieval dance was a complex and ambivalent phenomenon. During the High and Late Middle Ages, Western theologians, liturgists, and mystics not only tolerated dance; they transformed it into a dynamic component of religious thought and practice. This book investigates how dance became a legitimate form of devotion in Christian culture. Sacred dance functioned to gloss scripture, frame spiritual experience, and imagine the afterlife.

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Invoking numerous manuscript and visual sources (biblical commentaries, sermons, saints' lives, ecclesiastical statutes, mystical treatises, vernacular literature, and iconography), this book highlights how medieval dance helped shape religious identity and social stratification. Moreover, this book shows the political dimension of dance, which worked in the service of Christendom, conversion, and social cohesion. In Ringleaders of Redemption, Kathryn Dickason reveals a long tradition of sacred dance in Christianity, one that the professionalization and secularization of Renaissance dance obscured, and one that the Reformation silenced and suppressed.

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Murray Silberling

Dancing For Joy

A Biblical Approach to Praise and Worship

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Publisher: Messianic Jewish Publishers (https://www.messianicjewish.net/)
Genres:
Christian Bible Study, Judaism, Messianic Judaism

Get up out of your seats and praise the Lord through dance!

Worship occurs in many ways. Some people worship God through good works. Others worship the Lord through prayer. Many worship the Almighty through singing songs of praise. But more and more people are worshipping God through dance.

In Dancing for Joy, Murray Silberling, one of the world`s foremost experts on worship dance, uncovers fascinating facts about this biblical form of worship.

This "the dancing rabbi," as he is affectionately known in Messianic Jewish circles, brings years of experience in worship dance and teaching worship dance to this book. He offers encouragement to the klutz--the clumsy person--who doesn`t think dancing is for him. He also confronts the fallacy that dancing is only for women. He demonstrates how dance has been used through the ages as a way to worship God.

As a theologian, he handles well the theology of dance; as a Messianic rabbi, he deals with its ministry value; as a dancer, himself, he shares exactly how to begin. Appendices include definitions for dance steps and sample dances with instructions.

From the Author

Whenever people catch [the] vision and begin dancing, I know that great and powerful changes will soon be occurring in their lives. Just as Moses wished that all God's people would prophesy (Numbers 11:29), so I wish that all God's people could dance before him....

I believe that one day the entire body of Messiah will be dancing before his throne. Dance is the most powerful expression of intimacy between God and his children. My desire is that you begin to dance before the Lord, today!

About the Author

Murray Silberling was raised in a Conservative Jewish home. His upbringing was influenced by his Orthodox grandfather. After accepting Messiah and attending Bible college, Murray and his wife were called to Taiwan where he became the Taiwan Director of the Christian Broadcasting Network.

Returning to the States, Murray completed his education at Seattle Pacific University, and in 1982 began "Congregation Emmaus". In 1987 he started his second Messianic Congregation, "Beth Simcha".

He lives in Southern California with his wife, Kay, and their two sons, Lonnie and Jordan. He serves as Messianic Rabbi of "Congregation Beth Emunah" in Canoga Park.

 Paperback.  5.5 x 0.5 x 8.8 inches  112 pages. 

Rhoda Banks

Dance as David Danced

The Return of Davidic Worship

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Publisher: Tate Pub & Enterprises (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tate_Publishing_%26_Enterprises)
Genres:
Christian Rites & Ceremonies Books
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Dance as David Danced

In Dance as David Danced: The Return of Davidic Worship, Rhoda Banks reveals how intimacy with God develops through worship.

Worshipping "in spirit and truth" allows God's spirit to reign in powerful demonstrations of healing, deliverance, and great power. The church will see a shift in the spiritual climate as praise leads the way to overturn the enemy's plans.

God is synchronizing heaven and earth at this time. Davidic worship emulates heavenly patterns of worship around the throne room. As heaven and earth align, a mighty outpouring of the spirit emerges. Revival fires are sparked, as we join with our heavenly hosts to draw on heavens resources to create an open heaven.