Leadership is a growing preoccupation of the contemporary church, but for some of the most inspiring examples of good leadership we need to go back, not forwards. Archbishop William Temple is widely regarded as one of the most influential church leaders of the twentieth century. In this book Stephen Spencer unpacks Archbishop Temple's life and legacy, and the ways in which his leadership transformed society in remarkable ways. From education to politics, and from spiritual direction to leading the church through national crisis, this book draws on Temple's biography to offer a unique and profound portrait of the kind of servant leadership the church needs today.

This essential handbook for the preparation of worship presents the authorised Bible readings (references only) for the liturgical year beginning Advent Sunday 2022. It includes: - a full calendar of the Christian year; - a simple code indicating whether celebrations are mandatory or optional; - complete lectionary references to the Principal, Second and Third services for Sundays, Principal Feasts and Holy Days; - lectionary references for Morning and Evening Prayer; - the Additional Weekday Lectionary; - general readings for saints days and special occasions; - a guide to the liturgical colours of the day. A must-have reference guide for every vestry and parish office. This is the standard pocket-book size edition.

On the eve of WWI the well-known explorer and writer Sir Clements Markham decided to pay tribute to his father, the Reverend David Markham, by putting pen to paper. In tracing his father's life story he provided a detailed account of his life and work at Stillingfleet, Great Horkesley, and Windsor, and his interactions with an extensive list of friends and family. As a well-connected, highly-educated and wealthy individual, David Markham was able to indulge his passion for travelling, collecting, and painting. The family home was filled with cabinets of coins, fossils, shells and other curiosities, as well as many fine works of art. His keen interest in heraldry and family history meant a great deal of time being devoted to tracing the rich history of the family. Clements Markham's story of his father's life provides the reader with a rich depiction of a true Victorian antiquarian: someone with a lifelong passion for learning and interest in a broad spectrum of fields. In doing so he has provided the reader with a rich source of Victorian local, family and social history.

The lives of Christian churches are shaped by doctrinal theology. That is, they are shaped by practices in which ideas about God and God's ways with the world are developed, discussed and deployed. This book explores those practices, and asks why they matter for communities seeking to follow Jesus. Taking the example of the Church of England, this book highlights the embodied, affective and located reality of all doctrinal practices - and the biases and exclusions that mar them. It argues that doctrinal theology can in principle help the church know God better, even though doctrinal theologians do not know God better than their fellow believers. It claims that it can help the church to hear in Scripture challenges to its life, including to its doctrinal theology. It suggests that doctrinal disagreement is inevitable, but that a better quality of doctrinal disagreement is possible. And, finally, it argues that, by encouraging attention to voices that have previously been ignored, doctrinal theology can foster the ongoing discovery of God's surprising work.