TY  - BOOK
AU  - Davies,J.G.
TI  - Liturgical dance: an historical, theological, and practical handbook 
SN  - 0334009057
AV  - GV1783.5 .D38 1984
U1  - 246/.7 19
PY  - 1984///
CY  - London
PB  - SCM Press
KW  - Christian dance
KW  - Dance
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Religious dance
KW  - Danse religieuse moderne
KW  - Danse
KW  - Aspect religieux
KW  - Christianisme
KW  - fast
KW  - Liturgie
KW  - gnd
KW  - Tanz
KW  - Christendom
KW  - gtt
KW  - Dans
KW  - Eredienst
KW  - Christian church
KW  - Public worship
KW  - Dancing
N1  - Includes indexes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-258); Part I: History -- The Universality of Religious Dance -- The Condemnation of Dance by the Church -- The Patristic Period -- The Centuries of Christendom -- From the Reformation to the End of the Eighteenth Century -- The Nineteenth Century and the Shakers -- The Twentieth Century -- Part II: Theology -- Dance and the Christian Understanding of Human Nature -- Greek Philosophy and the Body as Instrument -- The Biblical View -- Patristic Ideas -- Bodiliness and Spirituality -- The Nature of Dance -- Sexuality -- Sacramental Theology and Dance -- Defining a Sacrament -- Sacramental Action -- Eschatology -- The Sacramental Character of Dance -- The Meaning of Liturgical Dance for Christians -- Dance as an Appropriate Element in Worship -- Dance and its Interpretation with Worship -- The Interpretation of Dance within the Context of the Liturgy -- Part III: Practice -- Developing Movement within Worship -- Past and Current Practice -- Ways of Categorizing Movements -- The Sources of a Christian Movement Vocabulary -- A Christian Vocabulary of Bodily Parts, Postures and Movements -- Using the Vocabulary -- Preparing a Movement-Prayer -- A Practical Example: the Lord's Prayer -- The Next Steps -- Dance and Christian Education -- The Educational Values of Movement -- Dance as a Teaching Method -- Affective Religious Education through Dance -- Education in Worship -- Teachers and their Role -- The Dance Choir and Congregational Dancing for Both the Ablebodied and the Handicapped -- The Functions of a Dance Choir -- Setting up a Dance Choir -- The Dance Choir Programme -- Introducing Dance to a Congregation -- Does Everyone Have to Dance? -- Dances Suitable for Congregational Use: the Procession and the Circle -- Dancing the Eucharist -- Some Problems -- The Handicapped -- Dance and the Handicapped: General Considerations -- Dance and Particular Disabilities
ER  -