Sensing Worship

Feeling Our Way Through Sunday
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-72920-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 15, 142 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Theology in Practice

Sensing Worship delves into the sensory experience of worship in white, mainline Protestant churches, exploring the often intangible “energy” that shapes how worship feels. Drawing on affect theory, emotion studies, and practical theology, the book uncovers the embodied, social, and non-representational dimensions of worship that influence individuals’ engagement with liturgy. Through storytelling and analysis, the author investigates how these elements circulate among worshippers, offering new insights into how the atmosphere of worship can be both shaped and harnessed. Sensing Worship presents a fresh perspective on the connections between feeling, practice, and theology in contemporary worship.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Utley, Allie

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie

Über Autor(innen)

Rev. Allie Utley, PhD, Assistant Professor of Liturgy and Practical Theology at Phillips Theological Seminary. Her research focuses on preaching and worship, with particular attention to the arts, affect theory, and disability studies in liturgical contexts. A minister and scholar, her work explores the intersection of embodied experience and communal worship practices.