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This fresh and inspiring look at the meaning of discipleship covers
the essentials of the christian life, including: faith, hope and
love; forgiveness; holiness; social action; life in the Spirit.
Written for the general reader by one of our greatest living
theologians, this book will help you to see more clearly, love more
dearly and follow more nearly the way of Jesus Christ.
The perennial classic: this intimate journal chronicling the Narnia
author's experience of grief after his wife's death has consoled
readers for half a century; this edition features responses from
authors like Hilary Mantel, Francis Spufford, Rowan Williams, Jenna
Bailey ... 'An intimate, anguished account of a man grappling with
the mysteries of faith and love ... Elegant and raw ... A powerful
record of thought and emotion experienced in real time.' Guardian
'Raw and modern ... This unsentimental, even bracing, account of
one man's dialogue with despair becomes both compelling and
consoling ... A contemporary classic.' Observer 'A source of great
consolation ... Lewis deploys his genius for vivid imagery ... It
is a relief for the reader to find that he or she is not alone in
the intense loneliness or feelings of anguish that bereavement
brings.' Henry Marsh, The Times 'Testimony from a sensitive and
eloquent witness [on] 'The Human Condition'. It offers an
interrogation of experience and a glimmer of hardwon hope. It
allows one bewildered mind to reach out to another. Death is no
barrier to that.' Hilary Mantel 'Here, sorrow and despair, the
tiredness and numbness and petulance and nightmarishness of grief,
all have their full, uncontrolled, experienced force ... [Such]
radical openness ... Brilliant.' Francis Spufford *** No one ever
told me that grief felt so like fear. Narnia author C.S. Lewis had
been married to his wife for four blissful years. When she died of
cancer, he found himself alone, inconsolable in his grief. In this
intimate journal, he chronicles the aftermath of the bereavement
and mourning with blazing honesty. He grapples with a crisis of
religious faith, navigating hope, rage, despair, and love - but
eventually regains his bearings, finding his way back to life. A
luminous modern classic, A Grief Observed has offered solace to
countless readers for decades. This companion edition combines the
original text with personal responses from Hilary Mantel, Rowan
Williams, Francis Spufford, Maureen Freely, Kate Saunders, Jessica
Martin and Jenna Bailey. *** What readers are saying: 'A truly
great book - inspirational and untold help.' 'Every human being,
living or dead, understands what Lewis means ... One of the most
valuable books ever written.' 'Lewis, as always, sits down next to
you and validates your grief like a true friend. He lets you rage,
and cry, and even be furious with God, just as he did.' 'If you are
grieving an enormous loss, you may find comfort here ... A great
mind and wonderful writer who understands your grief well enough to
put words to it.' 'His journal was also my journal as I worked
through my own grief. Reading this book was actually comforting in
that I knew that someone else understood my situation and offered
insight and hope ... I highly recommend this book for anyone who
has gone through the death of a loved one or who wants to comfort."
'This little book has had me in floods of tears [and] shows a real
understanding of grief ... To read the words of this great man who
shared and understood my pain and is a life affirming and faith
affirming experience.'
'All serious lovers of poetry will want this book.' A. N. Wilson
All good poetry has the power to transport and transform us, to
inspire and challenge us, to comfort and heal us, and to hold up a
mirror to the world around us. In A Century of Poetry, Rowan
Williams invites you to reflect with him on 100 poems from the past
100 years - poems with an originality and depth that can impel you
to search your heart, and to explore your own experience and
emotions at a deeper level. Featuring the work of both famous and
lesser-known poets, from different faiths, languages and cultures,
A Century of Poetry gives you a fresh perspective on works you may
be familiar with, as well as introducing you to poems you'll be
pleased to discover for the first time - or perhaps discover again.
These meditations, by a writer who is both a poet and a theologian,
will open new doors into the experience of reading and absorbing
great poetry, highlighting the ways in which their language and
imagery can touch unfamiliar places in the heart and enliven the
lifelong adventure of spiritual growth and exploration.
Packed with striking theological insight and spiritual
encouragement
* Based on his popular Holy Week talks, given in Canterbury
Cathedral
Prayer and Thought in Monastic Tradition presents a chronological
picture of the development of monastic thought and prayer from the
early English Church (Bede, Adomnan) through to the 17th Century
and William Law's religious community at King's Cliffe. Essays
interact with different facets of monastic life, assessing the
development and contribution of figures such as Boniface, the
Venerable Bede, Anselm of Canterbury and Bernard of Clairvaux. The
varying modes and outputs of the monastic life of prayer are
considered, with focus on the use of different literary techniques
in the creation of monastic documents, the interaction between
monks and the laity, the creation of prayers and the purpose and
structure of prayer in different contexts. The volume also
discusses the nature of translation of classic monastic works, and
the difficulties the translator faces. The highly distinguished
contributors include; G.R. Evans, Sarah Foot, Henry Mayr-Harting,
Brian McGuire, Henry Wansbrough and Rowan Williams.
How do we see and act justly in the world? In what ways can we
ethically respond to social and economic crisis? How do we address
the desperation that exists in the new forms of violence and
atrocity? These are all questions at the heart of Justice and Love,
a philosophical dialogue on how to imagine and act in a more just
world by theologian Rowan Williams and philosopher Mary Zournazi.
Looking at different religious and philosophical traditions,
Williams and Zournazi argue for the re-invigoration and enriching
of the language of justice and, by situating justice alongside
other virtues, they extend our everyday vocabularies on what is
just. Drawing on examples ranging from the Paris Attacks, the
Syrian War, and the European Migrant Crisis to Brexit and the US
Presidential elections, Williams and Zournazi reflect on justice as
a process: a condition of being, a responsiveness to others, rather
than a cold distribution of fact. By doing so, they explore the
love and patience needed for social healing and the imagination
required for new ways of relating and experiencing the world.
The period 1928-1942 saw some of the greatest political and social
upheavals in modern British history. Lang, as Archbishop of
Canterbury, led the Church of England through this tumultuous
period and was a pivotal influence in political and religious
decision-making. In this book, Robert Beaken provides a new
perspective on Lang, including his considerable relationship with
the royal family. Beaken also shows how Lang proved to be a
sensitive leader during wartime, opposing any demonisation of the
enemy and showing compassion to conscientious objectors. Despite
his central role at a time of flux, there has been little written
on Lang since the original biography published in 1949, and history
has not been kind to this intellectually gifted but emotionally
complex man. Although Lang has often been seen as a fairly
unsuccessful archbishop who was resistant to change, Beaken shows
that he was, in fact, an effective leader of the Anglican community
at a time when the Church of England was internally divided over
issues surrounding the Revised Prayer Book and its position in an
ever-changing world. Lang's reputation is therefore ripe for
reassessment. Drawing on previously unseen material and first-hand
interviews, Beaken tells the story of a fascinating and complex
man, who was, he argues, Britain's first 'modern' Archbishop of
Canterbury.
Includes a foreword by Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of
Canterbury.The Cappadocian fathers of the fourth century--Basil of
Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa and Gregory Nazianzen--produced thoughts
on the Trinity, the creation, the incarnation, the holistic reading
of scripture and the discipline of the soul which are playing a
more seminal role in Christian theology today that at any time in
the last four hundred years. Too often, however, their teachings
are appropriated in a piecemeal manner, with no acknowledgement of
their mutual interdependence.In this comprehensive introduction to
their writings, Patrick Whitworth enables the modern reader to
share their understanding of the purpose and scope of theology. At
the same time, he brings before us three strong personalities, who,
like the rest of us, were children of time and place, taking up the
pen to address a particular audience on particular occasions.
Stripping out the ruling ideas from the polemical or rhetorical
dress in which they have come down to us, he shows that the
insights of genius lose nothing by being translated from the
exquisite opacity of the original Greek into plain but accurate
English prose. -- Professor Mark Edwards, Christ Church
Oxford."Wonderfully comprehensive and clear. We are able to see the
Cappadocians not as counters in the board game of controversy but
as complex human figures wrestling with the challenges of internal
and external crises for the Church. This will be a really welcome
tool for all students of early Christianity, and excellent and
accessible reading for anyone who wants to understand better the
formative period of Christian teaching. It is a message that the
Church of our own time should take very seriously." -- Rowan
Williams (from the foreword), Master of Magdalene College,
CambridgePatrick Whitworth read Modern History at Christ Church
Oxford, and a Theology MA in Reformation Studies under T. H. L.
Parker at Durham. He has spent over 30 years in Anglican Ministry,
currently Rector of All Saints Weston Bath, Langridge and North
Stoke. He is married to Olivia with four grown up children.
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Boundless Grandeur (Hardcover)
David G. R. Keller; Foreword by Rowan Williams; Kallistos Ware
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R1,077
Discovery Miles 10 770
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Full of sensitive pastoral advice and shot through with arresting
and illuminating theological insights, Rowan Williams' new book
explores the meaning and practice of four essential components of
the Christian life: baptism, Bible, Eucharist and prayer.
The financial crisis is about more than money. It is also about
morality, casting an uncomfortable light on the links between the
activities of bankers and the wellbeing of society as a whole. The
idea that economics is morally neutral or that finance should be
above ethical scrutiny deserves to be challenged. The Most Reverend
Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Larry Elliott,
Economics Editor of the Guardian, bring together a group of
distinguished commentators to open up the ethical debate in the
search for a fairer vision of economic justice.
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