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Very Good Keeping House: The Litany of Everyday Life Peterson, Margaret Kim
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- 9780787976910
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Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
0787976911
ISBN-13
9780787976910
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57048836
Product Key Features
Book Title
Keeping House : the Litany of Everyday Life
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Topic
Christian Life / General, General, Christianity / General
Genre
Religion, House & Home
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
11.1 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2006-103360
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
In this deeply theological, welcome book, Peterson (Sing Me to Heaven) argues in favor of the idea-no longer fashionable-that Christian service and spiritual growth are inherent in the acts of keeping people fed, clean, housed and comfortable. Housekeeping, she says, is akin to a litany, a long public prayer to announce needs and requests. A litany is repetitive and focused on the basics: food, health, shelter. Similarly, housework is ongoing and incarnational, teaching us about Jesus' earthiness and decision to live among us; it requires perpetual tending, much like God's active sustaining of the world. "All the more is this so when our homes are not all we might wish them to be," Peterson points out. "God's world is not as he wishes it to be, either." Addressing such topics as laundry, cleaning, shopping and cooking, Peterson offers persuasive biblical interpretations and incisive theological and cultural commentary. The two chapters on food and its preparation are especially groundbreaking, with Peterson enumerating helpful criteria for how Christians in a food-obsessed culture might determine whether a particular food is worthy of eating. At times, her domestic opinions have the whiff of superiority, as when she speaks disapprovingly about microwaves and dishwashers, but these moments are far outweighed by the book's well-researched and generous approach to domesticity. (Apr.) ( Publishers Weekly , February 12, 2007)
Dewey Decimal
248.4
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments.Preface.Chapter 1 What's Christian About Housework?Chapter 2 A Place to Live.Chapter 3 Sheltering a Household.Chapter 4 Clothes to Wear.Chapter 5 Clothing a Household.Chapter 6 Food to Eat.Chapter 7 Feeding a Household.Chapter 8 The Well-Kept House.Notes.The Author.
Synopsis
Keeping House is a wide-ranging and witty exploration of the spiritual gifts that are gained when we take the time to care for hearth and home. With a fresh perspective, mother, wife, and teacher Margaret Kim Peterson examines the activities and attitudes of keeping house and making a home., Keeping House is a wide-ranging and witty exploration of the spiritual gifts that are gained when we take the time to care for hearth and home. With a fresh perspective, mother, wife, and teacher Margaret Kim Peterson examines the activities and attitudes of keeping house and making a home. Debunking the commonly held notion that keeping house is a waste of time or at best a hobby, Peterson uncovers the broader cultural and theological factors that make housekeeping an interesting and worthwhile discipline. She reveals how the seemingly ordinary tasks of folding laundry, buying groceries, cooking, making beds, and offering hospitality can be seen as spiritual practices that embody and express concrete and positive ways of living out Christian faith in relationship to others at home, in the church and in the world.
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BR115.H56P48 2007
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