A Practical Christianity
Meditations for the Season of Lent
Published on 19. January 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
103 pages
978-0-8192-2776-8 (ISBN)
Description
A Practical Christianity: Meditations for the Season of Lent is a devotional book that challenges readers to take up "practical Christianity"-proposing Christian faith as something we do, not something we merely believe in. The starting point for Christianity lies within its practice, says the author, and not in the blind acceptance of a chunk of undigested doctrine.
The book samples fiction, poetry, art and music, combined with the wisdom of scripture and theology, to help pilgrims make sense of faith in the context of everyday life.
Shaw reconsiders the central doctrines of Christian faith through the lens of how we practice them. She explores five themes: dust, forgiveness, time, doubt and love-devoting a chapter to each. This thematic approach is a way of presenting (covertly, since it's not revealed until the end of the book) the doctrines of Creation and Sin, Forgiveness, the Trinity, Salvation, and finally Love.
The book samples fiction, poetry, art and music, combined with the wisdom of scripture and theology, to help pilgrims make sense of faith in the context of everyday life.
Shaw reconsiders the central doctrines of Christian faith through the lens of how we practice them. She explores five themes: dust, forgiveness, time, doubt and love-devoting a chapter to each. This thematic approach is a way of presenting (covertly, since it's not revealed until the end of the book) the doctrines of Creation and Sin, Forgiveness, the Trinity, Salvation, and finally Love.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Harrisburg
United States
Publishing group
Church Publishing Inc
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 201 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
159 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8192-2776-8 (9780819227768)
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01/2012
Morehouse Publishing
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Person
Jane ShawisPrincipal of Harris Manchester College in the University of Oxford. She was formerly Dean of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco and Dean for Religious Life at Stanford University. She has a doctoral degree in history from the University of California at Berkeley, Master of Divinity degree from Harvard University, and honorary doctorates from the Episcopal Divinity School, Colgate University, and the Graduate Theological Foundation.