Sabbath by Dr. Dan B. Allender

Sabbath

The Ancient Practices

Dr. Dan B. Allender, Phyllis Tickle, Dan B. Allender

Thomas Nelson · Print & ebook · December 27, 2010

What would you do for twenty-four hours if the only criteria were to pursue your deepest joy?

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Who it’s for
Explore Sabbath as a festival of delight, rooted in ancient practice and God’s re-creative love.
Genres
Christian Rituals & Practice, Spiritual Growth, Theology
Published
Thomas Nelson, December 27, 2010

About this book

What would you do for twenty-four hours if the only criteria were to pursue your deepest joy? Dan Allender’s lyrical book about the Sabbath expels the myriad myths about this “day of rest,” starting with the one that paints the Sabbath as a day of forced quiet, spiritual exercises, and religious devotion and attendance. This, he says, is at odds with the ancient tradition of Sabbath as a day of delight for both body and soul.

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Instead, the only way we can make use of the Sabbath is to see God’s original intent for the day with new eyes. In Sabbath, Allender builds a case for delight by looking at this day as a festival that celebrates God’s re-creative, redemptive love using four components: - Sensual glory and beauty - Ritual - Communal feasting - Playfulness Now you can experience the delight of the Sabbath as you never have before—a day in which you receive and extend reconciliation, peace, abundance, and joy. The Ancient Practices There is a hunger in every human heart for connection, primitive and raw, to God. To satisfy it, many are beginning to explore traditional spiritual disciplines used for centuries . . . everything from fixed-hour prayer to fasting to sincere observance of the Sabbath. Compelling and readable, the Ancient Practices series is for every spiritual sojourner, for every Christian seeker who wants more.

Rest, Reimagined

Explore Sabbath as a festival of delight, rooted in ancient practice and God’s re-creative love.

Come here for

  • A vision of Sabbath centered on delight, beauty, ritual, feasting, and play
  • A fresh take on rest as celebration, not forced quiet

Expect

  • Contemplative reflections on joy for body and soul
  • A spiritual lens on ritual, communal feasting, and play

Where it sits

Christian Rituals & Practice43%
Theology30%
Spiritual Growth26%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Christian Personal Growth
  • Spiritual Growth
  • Spiritual Warfare
Authors
Dr. Dan B. Allender, Phyllis Tickle, Dan B. Allender
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Published
December 27, 2010
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Christian Personal Growth