Praying for England: Priestly Presence in Contemporary Culture - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0567032302 ISBN 13: 9780567032300

Casa editrice: Continuum, 2008

Riassunto

Praying for England reflects on the role of Christian priesthood in contemporary culture, and comes up with some surprising and timely insights about its efficacy and importance. There are ritual and representative functions of the priest, it argues, which remain spiritually and socially vital, even - perhaps especially - in a society which ostensibly ignores the Church, or appears so pluralistic as to lack any religious cohesion. The priestly role as mediator before God of society's deepest pains, losses, joys and irresolvable anxieties is here reimagined, and brought freshly to life though moving narratives of pastoral encounter. Above all, the priest is seen as one who goes on 'praying for England' in decisive but often uncelebrated ways, prayer being the chief measure and test of the priest's representative role.

This is a deceptively simple volume - theologically accessible but often deeply moving and profound. In it a new vision is sketched of how Christian priesthood can go forward today with humility, understated dignity, and spiritual power. It will be of special interest to English churchpeople in an 'established' setting, but is written no less with an ecumenical and international readership in mind.

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L'autore:

Samuel Wells is a well-known theological ethicist, and Dean of the Chapel at Duke University. He previously spent 14 years in parish ministry in the Church of England.Sarah Coakley is Norris-Hulse Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge and was previously Mallinckrodt Professor of Divinity at Harvard University. She was an assistant curate at Littlemore, Oxford, for 7 years after her ordination in 2000.

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Book by Wells Sam Coakley Sarah

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Continuum
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0567032302
• ISBN 13: 9780567032300
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 206
• Redattore: Wells Sam