Calling on the Spirit in Unsettling Times: Anglican Present and Future - Couverture souple

Countryman, L. William

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0819227706 ISBN 13 : 9780819227706

Editeur : Morehouse Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

Based upon addresses given to Anglican audiences in North America and Australia, Bill Countryman directly confronts the challenges that face Anglicans and other Western Christians at a time of internal division and increasing indifference to religion on the part of educated elites. He regards these challenges as a work of the Holy Spirit, who is clearing the ground for a new era of building, and help readers start thinking about what kind of future the Spirit is leading us toward.

The book begins by presenting the Spirit as a demolition expert, endeavoring to shake us out of our complacency. It then focuses on three central elements of Christian faith and life: the image of Jesus, the sacraments, and the scriptures, and notes some different ways in which we have seen and utilized them over the ages. It holds out the communion of saints as the key to understanding the ongoing value of the church today. It calls faithful people of all stripes to reject our tendency to turn God's gifts into idols and to rediscover a humility that will be open to the rebuilding that must now be done with the leadership of the Spirit.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

L. William Countryman is a retired professor of New Testament from Church Divinity School of the Pacific. He has authored numerous books for scholars and laity, including How Can Anyone Read the Bible?: A Little Book of Guidance, Calling on the Spirit in Unsettling Times, and Living on the Border of the Holy: Renewing the Priesthood of All. He lives in Berkeley, California.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Morehouse Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0819227706
• ISBN 13: 9780819227706
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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