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Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > Anglican & Episcopalian Churches > General
There are numerous books that offer an historical account of
Anglican theology or that detail the lives and work of particular
Anglican theologians. Books that focus on the nature and character
of Anglican theology itself, however, are hard to find. This volume
fills that gap. In The Shape of Anglican Theology, Scott MacDougall
examines what it is that makes Anglican theology Anglican.
Beginning with a treatment of the ways in which Anglican theology
is and is not distinct from other types of Christian theology, he
describes the theological features that mark the general boundaries
of Anglican theologizing before turning to consider a set of eight
interconnected characteristics that provide Anglican theology with
its distinctive profile. MacDougall argues that, by setting its
boundaries as widely as possible and requiring subscription to
specific theological propositions as little as possible, Anglican
theology is in essence a wisdom theology that seeks to build the
capacity for faithful Christian discernment in belief and practice.
Rev Kingsley Taylor B.D., M.A. (Celtic Christianity), Vicar of a
West Wales parish for 23 years was made Local Ministry Area Dean
with oversight of 15 churches spanning Carmarthenshire,
Pembrokeshire and Cardiganshire. Then suddenly the Lockdown
happened. How do you keep in touch when the internet is not fast
enough for live streaming? I sent emails to those I had the email
address for and hoped the messages would be passed on. What started
so simply has become global, messages of hope in these difficult
times that have already helped so many.
THE INSTANTLY ICONIC NO. 1 BESTSELLER 'Devotees of Midsomer Murders
and Agatha Christie's Miss Marple stories will feel most at home
here' Guardian 'I've been waiting for a novel with vicars, rude old
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Canon Daniel Clement is Rector of Champton, where he lives
alongside his widowed mother - opinionated, fearless,
ever-so-slightly annoying Audrey - and his two dachshunds, Cosmo
and Hilda. When Daniel announces a plan to install a lavatory in
the church, the parish is suddenly (and unexpectedly) divided: as
lines are drawn, long-buried secrets come dangerously close to
destroying the apparent calm of the village. And then Anthony
Bowness - cousin to Bernard de Floures, patron of Champton - is
found dead at the back of the church. As the police moves in and
the bodies start piling up, Daniel is the only one who can try and
keep his community together... and catch a killer.
This is a facsimile of the small 1540 book of Myles Coverdale as it was
reprinted in modern spelling in 1844. Coverdale was a close associate
of William Tyndale, and co-translator of the 1537 Matthew Bible with
Tyndale. His English is remarkably modern compared to other writers of
his period and readers will be pleased by how easy he is to understand.
Coverdale proceeds chronologically, expounding the sequence of events
as set forth in the four Gospels from the Passion of Christ through to
Pentecost, in short sections that are perfect for daily devotional
reading. They would also serve well for a series of sermons. The first
part of each section is a Scripture reading comprised of a passage or
combination of passages from the Gospels. The second part expounds the
Scriptures.
The "lessons" in Coverdale's book contain the pure preaching of Christ
- "gathered," as Coverdale wrote, "out of the four Evangelists, with a
plain exposition of the same." Poetic, profound, and anchored to the
Word of God as it was most purely revealed in the early Reformation,
Coverdale's Fruitful Lessons reach up to heaven itself.
This facsimile book is complete, without any missing pages, and each
page has received special attention so that there are no imperfections
to detract from the reading experience.
What do the novelists Charlotte Bronte, Charlotte M. Yonge, Rose
Macaulay, Dorothy L. Sayers, Barbara Pym, Iris Murdoch and P.D.
James all have in common? These women, and others, were inspired to
write fiction through their relationship with the Church of
England. This field-defining collection of essays explores
Anglicanism through their fiction and their fiction through their
Anglicanism. These essays, by a set of distinguished contributors,
cover a range of literary genres, from life-writing and whodunnits
through social comedy, children's books and supernatural fiction.
Spanning writers from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century,
they testify both to the developments in Anglicanism over the past
two centuries and the changing roles of women within the Church of
England and wider society.
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