After the Church

Claire Henderson Davis is a theologian dance artist and writer. In her first book After the Church she weaves her own story of coming to terms with her Christian identity (she is the daughter of Roman Catholic priest and theologian Charles Davis) through a re-telling of the Christian narrative in a contemporary idiom. This striking and original book recognizes that though the institutional church may be collapsing the Christian story has a richness and depth that we would be foolish to ignore in our search for wholeness and integrity. In six chapters - Storytelling Beginning and Ending Incarnation The Trinity The Body of Christ and With My Body I Thee Worship she reworks traditional spiritual themes in a radically contemporary way offering a pattern for faith and belief that will resonate with all spiritual seekers today.