The human transformation available at the 'limen' (literally: the edge or threshold), noticed across different cultures by anthropologists, is at the heart of the Gospel. Indeed the liminal place is the place of transformation and change par excellence. We live in age of enormous and rapid change to which we do not yet see an end. There is therefore a 'kairos' moment here for the church to understand the importance of liminality through this unique book. Reading this book will offer new 'lenses' to understand humanity, God's world, the shape of Christian discipleship, the church and its...
The human transformation available at the 'limen' (literally: the edge or threshold), noticed across different cultures by anthropologists, is at the ...
"Enlightening, thought provoking and honest, a bit like the North itself" -- Kate Bottley (the "Gogglebox Vicar")
Foreword by John Sentamu, Archbishop of York
From the monks of Lindisfarne to the Synod of Whitby, the North is historically considered to be a cradle of Christianity in England, but in today's society is there a "gospel for the North"?
Does it make sense to talk of a gospel for a specific place when there is "one Lord, one faith, one baptism" (Ephesians 4:5)? Can we even consider the North of England as a distinct entity with its own particular identity?
This book...
"Enlightening, thought provoking and honest, a bit like the North itself" -- Kate Bottley (the "Gogglebox Vicar")
