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Meditations for Vestry Members
ISBN: 9780819217899 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Created to meet the needs of pastors and church staff seeking gifts of appreciation for church members such as LEMs, lay members, choir and vestry members, and others. Each volume offers support, guidance, and education geared specifically to one particular group or ministry within the church. Individual meditations are based on quotations from the Bible, The Book of Common Prayer, or hymns from the 1982 Hymnal, and prayers specific to the needs of each audience. Designed with the church budget in mind, these affordable books acknowledge important passages and ministries in the life of the...
Created to meet the needs of pastors and church staff seeking gifts of appreciation for church members such as LEMs, lay members, choir and vestry mem...
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Introduction to Theology: Third Edition
ISBN: 9780819218971 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This classic introduction to theology from an Anglican perspective has been completely revised and updated for this third edition. Organized around the topics of systematic theology, Introduction to Theology begins with an exploration of Scripture, then moves through history and tradition to contemporary debates and reconstructions. As a textbook for introductory courses in seminaries of the Episcopal Church, this book also includes references to The Book of Common Prayer, which Anglicans consider a primary source for theology. This new edition pays detailed attention to the... This classic introduction to theology from an Anglican perspective has been completely revised and updated for this third edition. Organized around... |
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Love Came Down
ISBN: 9780819218988 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Easter Day is the center and crown of the Christian year, but no season of that year provides us with richer material for meditation than Advent and the twelve days of Christmas." So writes Christopher Webber in this thoughtful and inspiring collection of meditations from the most gifted Anglican writers of the past six hundred years.
Love Came Down draws on the best sermons, books, poems, and hymns by these writers, with a reading for every day in Advent and for each of the twelve days of Christmas. Writers include Christina Rossetti, R. W. Church, F. D. Maurice, John Donne, Jeremy... "Easter Day is the center and crown of the Christian year, but no season of that year provides us with richer material for meditation than Advent and ...
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A Time to Turn: Anglican Readings for Lent and Easter Week
ISBN: 9780819221100 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For centuries Lent has been a time when Christians stop and take stock of their lives. It is a time for revisiting the story of Jesus' life, death, and resurrection. It is a time of focusing on our sinfulness and the need to repent, as well as a season in which we focus on putting aside our luxuries and making sure that others have what they need. All of these themes, and more, are explored in this collection of Anglican readings that begin with Ash Wednesday and end on the Saturday of Easter Week. These readings are arranged in a regular sequence through each week of Lent. Sunday... For centuries Lent has been a time when Christians stop and take stock of their lives. It is a time for revisiting the story of Jesus' life, death,... |
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A Labyrinth Year: Walking the Seasons of the Church
ISBN: 9780819221575 / Angielski / Miękka / 107 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Perhaps nothing expresses the mystery of our search for the divine as well as the labyrinth. A circular pathway based on spirals found in nature, the labyrinth is a time-honored spiritual tool in faith traditions as varied as Native American, Jewish, and Celtic. As seekers walk to the center of the labyrinth, their minds quiet and turn to God. Walking out again, they bring into the world the spiritual gifts they've received. In A Labyrinth Year, Kautz guides readers on a labyrinth pilgrimage that winds through the seasons of the liturgical year with devotions (to be used while...
Perhaps nothing expresses the mystery of our search for the divine as well as the labyrinth. A circular pathway based on spirals found in nature, the ...
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Prayer of the Heart
ISBN: 9780819221681 / Angielski / Miękka / 92 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Down through the centuries, people of faith have known that prayer has many languages, and not all of them have words. Here in Prayer of the HeART, readers will learn to use art as a way to open up a deep conversation with God.
This book is not about "art" in the sense of making pretty pictures, or even about expressing an experience of God. Rather it opens readers to new possibilities. The art they create here is the visual result of an experience with God through visual imaging. Those who use this technique invite God to be the director, writer, and artist of their... Down through the centuries, people of faith have known that prayer has many languages, and not all of them have words. Here in Prayer of the HeART...
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Eye of the Storm: Bishop John William Colenso and the Crisis of Biblical Inspiration
ISBN: 9780826470904 / Angielski / Twarda / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One hundred years ago Bishop Colenso was excommunicated because of his liberal critical views on the inspiration and authority of the Bible. But while in South Africa he worked strenuously for social and political reform. 2003 will mark the revocation of his excommunication in a ceremony in South Africa and this book commemorates that event. It is divided into sections on African Culture, Bible, Theology and Social History and contains contribution from English, Dutch and South African scholars. It will appeal not only to the biblical scholar and Christian theologian but also to anyone...
One hundred years ago Bishop Colenso was excommunicated because of his liberal critical views on the inspiration and authority of the Bible. But while...
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Visitation Articles and Injunctions of the Early Stuart Church: II. 1625-1642
ISBN: 9780851155180 / Angielski / Twarda / 325 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sets a standard of excellence which will gain the society a high reputation... Documents which have for much too long been inaccessible to ecclesiastical and social historians, and which they cannot afford to ignore.' JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY An important sourcebook for research about early seventeenth-century religious and social history.' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT (Following on from the highly-praised first volume of visitation articles, covering the years 1603-25) This selection of articles and injunctions issued by archbishops, bishops, archdeacons, and other ecclesiastical...
Sets a standard of excellence which will gain the society a high reputation... Documents which have for much too long been inaccessible to ecclesiasti...
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Royal Writs Addressed to John Buckingham, Bishop of Lincoln 1363-1398: Lincoln Register 12b: A Calendar
ISBN: 9780907239581 / Angielski / Twarda / 227 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The many commands which the crown addressed to bishops represent a rich source of information about the history of government, law, and lay society, as well as about the church itself. The writs collected in this volume touch on many aspects of life in the later fourteenth century, including tax gathering, political upheaval, property disputes, Lollardy, and foreign warfare. The bishop is seen swearing in local officials, setting up commissions of enquiry, organising the attendance of the clergy in parliament, and consulting episcopal archives to answer queries from the lay courts. It also...
The many commands which the crown addressed to bishops represent a rich source of information about the history of government, law, and lay society, a...
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The Register of William Melton, Archbishop of York, 1317-1340, V
ISBN: 9780907239635 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume contains the Capitula section, which covers the cathedral chapter and the chapters of the collegiate churches of Beverley, Howden, Ripon and Southwell, and the collegiate chapel of St Mary and Holy Angels beside York Minster. The growth of papal provisions features prominently; tense relations with the York chapter are also in evidence. Visits are recorded - and the installation of York's west window, Melton's lasting legacy.
This volume contains the Capitula section, which covers the cathedral chapter and the chapters of the collegiate churches of Beverley, Howden, Ripon a...
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Mystical Meditations on the Christian Collects
ISBN: 9780978053413 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mystical Meditations on the Collects is a collection of esoteric explanations of the prayers in the Anglican Church Book of Prayers. These prayers are offered during the church calendar to honor saints and holy days. An accomplished occultist and deep mystic, Dion Fortune shares gems of perception through her brilliant commentaries. Her interpretation of these prayers provides a bridge between the Christian faith and the mystical traditions and gives guidance to those who truly wish to live lives modeled upon the Master Jesus. The mysticism that inspires these meditations transcends their...
Mystical Meditations on the Collects is a collection of esoteric explanations of the prayers in the Anglican Church Book of Prayers. These prayers are...
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Gladstone: The Making of a Christian Politician: The Personal Religious Life and Development of William Ewart Gladstone, 1809-183
ISBN: 9781556350122 / Angielski / Mikrofilm / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Opening the Prayer Book
ISBN: 9781561011667 / Angielski / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What Roger Ferlo did for the Bible in Opening the Bible, volume 2 of The New Church s Teaching Series, Jeffrey Lee now does for the prayer book in volume 7 of the series. Opening the Prayer Book introduces us to the history and liturgies of The Book of Common Prayer, and helps us understand why the prayer book is such an important aspect of Anglican self-understanding. Lee begins with the fundamental question, What is common prayer? He explores some of the ways in which our worship according to The Book of Common Prayer affects who we are as a church, and the way it shapes our lives of faith....
What Roger Ferlo did for the Bible in Opening the Bible, volume 2 of The New Church s Teaching Series, Jeffrey Lee now does for the prayer book in vol...
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Home By Another Way
ISBN: 9781561011674 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this selection of new sermons, Barbara Brown Taylor walks us through the church year, from the expectancy of Advent to the fires of Pentecost and beyond.
In this selection of new sermons, Barbara Brown Taylor walks us through the church year, from the expectancy of Advent to the fires of Pentecost and b...
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Ethics After Easter
ISBN: 9781561011766 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this volume of The New Church s Teaching Series, Stephen Holmgren introduces us to the world of Anglican ethics and moral theology. He focuses on questions all people of faith must ask: How will I keep my baptismal promises? How am I meant to live after Easter? In developing a distinctively Anglican approach to ethics, with its emphasis on holiness, sanctification, and the need for spiritual disciplines, Holmgren identifies clear axioms for Anglican moral theology and the ethos required for moral decision-making on the part of individuals and church bodies. He explains why ethical...
In this volume of The New Church s Teaching Series, Stephen Holmgren introduces us to the world of Anglican ethics and moral theology. He focuses on q...
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Praying the Hours
ISBN: 9781561011773 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Praying the Hours Suzanne Guthrie offers us a contemporary way to practice the ancient tradition of hallowing time throughout the day by marking the hours with prayer and thanksgiving. With humor and wisdom she draws on her experience as a wife, mother, Episcopal priest, and teacher of children, showing us through her own life how these devotions can fold into the times of a hectic day. By praying the hours all the activities of our days our eating, sleeping, working, cleaning, playing, and reading become part of the sanctification of time and place. In part one Guthrie focuses on the...
In Praying the Hours Suzanne Guthrie offers us a contemporary way to practice the ancient tradition of hallowing time throughout the day by marking th...
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Getting Involved with God: Rediscovering the Old Testament
ISBN: 9781561011971 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a book about getting, and staying, involved with God what it takes, what it costs, what it looks and feels like, why anyone would want to do it anyway. It is at the same time a book about reading the Old Testament as a source of Good News and guidance for our life with God. The key piece of Good News that the Old Testament communicates over and over again is that God is involved with us, deeply and irrevocably so. from the Introduction With sound scholarship and her own vivid translations from the Hebrew, Old Testament professor Ellen Davis teaches us a spiritually engaged method of...
This is a book about getting, and staying, involved with God what it takes, what it costs, what it looks and feels like, why anyone would want to do i...
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Honey from Stone: A Naturalist's Search for God
ISBN: 9781561012350 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Organizing his book according to the monastic hours of prayer, Chet Raymo examines the strength of scientific language to encounter the divine in the natural world.
Organizing his book according to the monastic hours of prayer, Chet Raymo examines the strength of scientific language to encounter the divine in the ...
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The Shattering Sound of Amazing Grace: Disquieting Tales from Saint John's Gospel
ISBN: 9781561012473 / Angielski / Miękka / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. David J. Schlafer, acclaimed preacher, teacher, and writer, weaves words and ideas like a Celtic braid. He places us in the company of some of the people who appear in the Gospel of John Nicodemus, the woman at the well, the woman taken in adultery, Martha and Mary, the man born blind, the bride and groom at Cana and examines them in two unusual sources of light: .The classic line from C. S. Lewis: Every idea we form of God, God must, in mercy, shatter. .John Newton's hymn Amazing Grace . Schlafer offers refreshment: He helps us refresh our ideas of God. He refreshes the meaning of the...
David J. Schlafer, acclaimed preacher, teacher, and writer, weaves words and ideas like a Celtic braid. He places us in the company of some of the peo...
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Trustworthy Connections: Interpersonal Issues in Spiritual Direction
ISBN: 9781561012527 / Angielski / Miękka / 159 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although God is at the center of the process of spiritual direction, the more readily visible participants are human beings. Like all other people, directors and directees are subject to relationship dynamics. Trustworthy Connections identifies some issues and challenges that can arise in spiritual direction relationships and offers resources for further consideration and reflection. The topics and examples are focused on traditional one to one, face to face spiritual direction, although some are also relevant to group direction and direction by correspondence. Trustworthy Connections is...
Although God is at the center of the process of spiritual direction, the more readily visible participants are human beings. Like all other people, di...
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