Paula Gooder - A Spirituality for the Whole Person (N129)
Nomad Podcast9 Sep 2016

Paula Gooder - A Spirituality for the Whole Person (N129)

Christianity can be quite a disembodied faith. Muslim's have prayer positions, Hindu's have yoga, Buddhists have Tai-Chi, whereas Christians tend to pray with little more than a bowed head. We ask theologian Paula Gooder why Christians have separated the spiritual from the physical, and what damage this has done for the faith. And we ask how our faith might be reshaped if we approached it in a more holistic and embodied way.

“If we just think that praying happens when you sit very still and do something with your inner life then actually we lose something which is really important.” - Paula Gooder

Interview starts at 6m 10s

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