What is the role of spiritual experience in poetry? What are the marks of a religious imagination? How close can the secular and the religious be brought together? How do poetic imagination and religious beliefs interact? Exploring such questions through the concept of the religious imagination, this book integrates interdisciplinary research in the area of poetry on the one hand, and theology, philosophy and Christian spirituality on the other. Established theologians, philosophers, literary critics and creative writers explain, by way of contemporary and historical examples, the primary role of the religious imagination in the writing as well as in the reading of poetry.

What is the role of spiritual experience in poetry? What are the marks of a religious imagination? How close can the secular and the religious be brought together? How do poetic imagination and religious beliefs interact? Exploring such questions through the concept of the religious imagination, this book integrates interdisciplinary research in the area of poetry on the one hand, and theology, philosophy and Christian spirituality on the other. Established theologians, philosophers, literary critics and creative writers explain, by way of contemporary and historical examples, the primary role of the religious imagination in the writing as well as in the reading of poetry.

All 24 episodes from the eighth series of the Yorkshire Television police drama. With PC Rowan (Nick Berry) having emigrated to Canada, former Metropolitan police officer PC Bradley (Jason Durr) takes up his role as the man responsible for keeping the residents of the sleepy 1960s Yorkshire village of Aidensfield on the right side of the law. As Bradley quickly discovers, given that the community contains such dedicated rogues as Claude Greengrass (Bill Maynard), this is no easy task. Episodes comprise: 'Snake in the Grass', 'Fall Out', 'For Better Or Worse', 'Past Crimes', 'Spellbound', 'Baby Love', 'Give a Dog a Bad Name', 'Hello, Goodbye', 'Pat-a-Cake', 'Easy Rider', 'Hot Rocks', 'Shadows and Substances', 'Forbidden Fruit', 'Where There's a Will', 'Taking Sides', 'Echoes of the Past', 'Twists of Fate', 'The Angry Brigade', 'Fire and Ashes', 'All in the Mind', 'Friends Like You', 'Old Ties', 'David Stockwell's Ghost' and 'Testament'.

Keeping Faith in Practice is an addition to SCM's growing Practical and Pastoral Theology list. Most books in this field are written by authors from various Protestant backgrounds. Catholic teachers in this field are frequently asked by colleagues for suggestions of Catholic resources, and find themselves at a loss. The central subject of this book is an exploration of how theology engages with the dimension of practice in the life of the Church and contemporary society and culture. The book covers the main focal points of a Catholic view of pastoral/practical theology - its foundations and different fields. Editors: James Sweeney, CP is Senior Lecturer in Pastoral Theology and Head of Department of Pastoral & Social Studies at Heythrop College, University of London and a Fellow, St Edmund's College, Cambridge. Gemma Simmonds is a Lecturer in Christian Spirituality at Heythrop College University of London David Lonsdale is Senior Lecturer in Christian Spirituality, Dean of Postgraduate Studies at Heythrop College, University of London