Praying for England: priestly presence in contemporary culture
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London Continuum 2008
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
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 m
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (vi, 199 pages)
ISBN:9781441134660
1441134662
9780567032300
0567032302

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