Description: This is a book about the importance of mentors in the
lives of the young. But rather than developing the theme of
mentoring theoretically, Douglas John Hall demonstrates its
significance quite personally, autobiographically. In his twentieth
year and hoping to study music professionally, Hall met a young
minister whose ""different"" Christianity both surprised and
intrigued him. In the end, this friendship altered the course of
his life. The book traces the story of this friendship of more than
half a century, and the impact of the times upon the lives of its
two principal figures. Endorsements: ""Doug Hall weighs in again
with his characteristic gracefulness and his mature, uncommon
wisdom. He bears witness to the incarnational way of faith that
impinges upon real life in the world. Hall is no saint-maker, but
he knows one when he sees one "" -Walter Brueggemann Columbia
Theological Seminary ""More than any other person, Robert 'Bob'
Miller, as Travelling Study Secretary of the Student Christian
Movement of Canada and bookman par excellence, brought home to the
generation of Canadian university students of the 1950s through
1970s the religious and philosophical debates, the art and
literature, and the social and political turmoil of post-second
world war Europe. It is not surprising that he should have become
the mentor of Douglas John Hall, Canada's pre-eminent Protestant
theologian, who here tells that story with great sensitivity and
insight."" -Richard Allen McMaster University ""Above all, this
book is about friendship between two prophets, both ministers of
the United Church of Canada whose honor in their own country, or
beyond, is impossible to assess. In The Messenger, Douglas John
Hall's tribute to his friend, the reader also learns a good deal
about Canada's foremost Protestant theologian who provides a
fascinating window on what happened to postwar European theology as
it made the transition to North America."" -Margaret Prang
University of British Columbia About the Contributor(s): Douglas
John Hall is Emeritus Professor of Christian Theology in the
Faculty of Religious Studies of McGill University in Montreal. He
is the author of more than twenty-five books, including Lighten Our
Darkness (1976, 2001); Why Christian? (1998); God & Human
Suffering (1986); and The Steward (1990; Wipf & Stock, 2004);.
He has lectured widely in Canada, the United States, Germany, and
Japan, and is the recipient of many honors, including the
Distinguished Alumnus Award of Union Theological Seminary, the
Joseph Sittler Award for Leadership in Theology, and the Order of
Canada.
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