The Holy No : Worship as a Subversive Act </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Hearlson, Adam</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <namePart type="date">1981-</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">6:0</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.</publisher> <dateIssued>2018</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>184tr.</extent> <extent>Paperback, illustrations</extent> <extent>22 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>In this book Adam Hearlson argues that Christians can say a holy ""no"" to oppression and injustice through the church's worship practices. ""To speak the holy no,"" Hearlson says, ""is to refuse to be complicit in the oppression and violence of the ruling power. It is the courageous critique of the present and its claims of immutability."" Hearlson draws widely from Christian history to uncover ways the church has used its traditional practices -- preaching, music, sacrament, and art -- to sabotage oppressive structures of the world for the sake of the gospel...</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Adam Hearlson</note> <subject> <topic>Christianity and culture</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Worship -- Definition</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Practice and belief</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">264</classification> <classification authority="ddc">A193-H44</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780802873859</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/13038/ho.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/13038/ho.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2023-1</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071215.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>