Sam Wells
Praying for England
Priestly Presence in Contemporary Culture
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Praying for England reflects on the role of Christian priesthood in contemporary culture, and comes up with some surprising and timely insights about its efficacy and importance. There are ritual and representative functions of the priest, it argues, which remain spiritually and socially vital, even - perhaps especially - in a society which ostensibly ignores the Church, or appears so pluralistic as to lack any religious cohesion. The priestly role as mediator before God of society's deepest pains, losses, joys and irresolvable anxieties is here reimagined, and brought freshly to life though moving narratives of pastoral encounter. Above all,…
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Praying for England reflects on the role of Christian priesthood in contemporary culture, and comes up with some surprising and timely insights about its efficacy and importance. There are ritual and representative functions of the priest, it argues, which remain spiritually and socially vital, even - perhaps especially - in a society which ostensibly ignores the Church, or appears so pluralistic as to lack any religious cohesion. The priestly role as mediator before God of society's deepest pains, losses, joys and irresolvable anxieties is here reimagined, and brought freshly to life though moving narratives of pastoral encounter. Above all, the priest is seen as one who goes on 'praying for England' in decisive but often uncelebrated ways, prayer being the chief measure and test of the priest's representative role. This is a deceptively simple volume - theologically accessible but often deeply moving and profound. In it a new vision is sketched of how Christian priesthood can go forward today with humility, understated dignity, and spiritual power. It will be of special interest to English churchpeople in an 'established' setting, but is written no less with an ecumenical and international readership in mind.
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Weitere Autoren: Coakley, Sarah
- ISBN: 978-1-4411-3466-0
- EAN: 9781441134660
- Produktnummer: 17017871
- Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 208 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 7'918 KB
Über den Autor
Samuel Wells is a well-known theological ethicist, and Dean of the Chapel at Duke University. He previously spent 14 years in parish ministry in the Church of England.
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