Luminaries: Twenty Lives that Illuminate the Christian Way
Twenty Lives that Illuminate the Christian Way
Luminaries: Twenty Lives that Illuminate the Christian Way
Twenty Lives that Illuminate the Christian Way
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Publisher: SPCK Publishing
ISBN: 9780281082957
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 15/08/2019
Width: 12.9 cm
Height: 19.8 cm
In this sequence of short meditations, Rowan Williams invites you to reflect on the lives and legacies of twenty great Christians - saints, martyrs, poets, theologians and social reformers - all of whom continue to illuminate our spiritual landscape, pointing us towards new horizons and fresh pathways to follow. Let these meditations light up your own Christian journey, sharpen your spiritual vision, and deepen your love for `the One who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ' (2 Corinthians 4.6).
Contents
Introduction
St Paul (c.5-c.67)
A man of passions
St Alban (third century)
The duty of a Christian
St Augustine of Hippo (354-430)
Teacher of the inner life
St Augustine of Canterbury (c.530-604)
Apostle to the English
St Anselm of Canterbury (c.1033-1109)
The justice of God
Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)
The mystery of Godness
Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556)
'The word of God is not bound'
William Tyndale (1494-1536)
God and the economy of debt
St Teresa of Avila (1515-82)
A lived theology
John Milton (1608-74)
From heroism to fidelity
William Wilberforce (1759-1833)
The moral state
Charles Dickens (1812-70)
The truth of exaggeration
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910)
The light of life
Sergei Bulgakov (1871-1944)
Politics, art and prayer
Edith Stein (1891-1942)
Thinking in solidarity
Michael Ramsey (1904-88)
True humanism
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-45)
Freedom, necessity and glory
Simone Weil (1909-43)
Waiting on God
Etty Hillesum (1914-43)
A compulsion to kneel
St Oscar Romero (1917-80)
God has injected himself into history
One of today's most brilliant and profound thinkers. * Jonathan Sacks * Rowan Williams is one of the great theologians of our time. He is also an inspiring teacher whose godly wisdom helps us understand profound truths. * Nicky Gumbel * Rowan Williams writes with a gentle strength that witnesses to the joy to be found in being disciples of Jesus. * Kate Bottley *
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