By Celeste Snowber Schroeder
Marshall Pickering. 209 pages. £6.99
ISBN 0 551 02980 3
This is a book with a mission. It aims to bring us back to what it regards as authentic biblical prayer - prayer in which bodily movement is very prominent. The author claims that our overriding emphasis on the soul in worship and prayer is an unbiblical scorning of our true bodily nature. Her conviction is that we lose out tremendously if we do not involve our bodies in the work of prayer. She promises that 'by including the language of movement in praying or reciting the Psalms we allow God's Word to take on a deeper dimension in our lives.'
These are challenging assertions worthy of serious consideration. However, as an invitation to consider seriously these issues, the reviewer found this book both immensely frustrating and profoundly disappointing. Why is that? The answers are depressingly simple.
