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At a time when there are often as many adults as young people
preparing for confirmation, the concept of notes written in adult
language, which the younger candidate can grow into, is
particularly appropriate for today's needs. The growing number of
adult study groups, working through mutual questioning within group
discussions, will find it helpful to have these clear succinct
notes about the content of Christian belief and practice. Few books
have been more influential in confirmation preparation than Hugh
Montefiore's 'Confirmation Notebook', written while he was vicar of
the University Church in Cambridge. After five editions, with
nineteen printings of the fifth edition alone, the notebook is now
in a handy pocket-sized format that includes space at the end of
each chapter for notes. Existing chapters have been updated and, in
most cases, enlarged, while new chapters have been added on 'Common
Worship', Christian festivals and fasts, Christian
responsibilities, Christian behaviour, and the Christian view on
sex and marriage.
This book by a distinguished Roman Catholic marital counsellor and
senior consultant at the Central Middlesex Hospital, and the former
Anglican Bishop of Birmingham, who was also Chairman of the Church
of England's Board for Social Responsibility, arose out of the
Margaret Harris lectures given in Dundee in 1988. It is probably
the first time that a Roman Catholic and an Anglican have joined
forces in this way, and the result is an important contribution to
the discussion of sexual ethics today. After an introduction to
sexual ethics, Hugh Montefiore contributes chapters on
homosexuality, and abortion and infra vitro fertilization; Jack
Dominian writes on masturbation and pre-marital sexual intercourse,
and marriage and marital breakdown. Both speak as loyal and
committed members of their respective churches, but believe that
this loyalty and commitment requires them to look again at some of
the human dilemmas experienced in these intimate questions of love
and sex, sometimes leading them to conclusions which differ from
the official teaching of their churches.
Bishop Hugh Montefiore tackles the question of how the full range
of Christian doctrine may be understood by people today. Writing in
an accessible style, he addresses the questions posed by science
and other modern disciplines.
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