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The Edge of Glory - 4 For Group Worship
The Edge of Glory - 4 For Group Worship
by SPCK - David Adam
FOR GROUP WORSHIP Many of the prayers in this book began in a small room in a moorland village in 1984. They were part of our Lent learning: for six weeks we met once a week to discover new and exciting ways to pray together. As we live in an area famous for its Celtic saints and…
the historical character of Jesus - 6 “The remembered teacher”: Jesus in James
the historical character of Jesus - 6 “The remembered teacher”: Jesus in James
by SPCK - David Allen
“The remembered teacher”: Jesus in James Martin Luther’s so-called ‘epistle of straw’ has come in from the cold in recent years. There is an emerging interest in the letter, in both Church and academy alike, and a fresh attention, therefore, to its wisdom character and to its foc…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 1b Responsibility for creation
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 1b Responsibility for creation
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
Responsibility for creation It is a rather different reading of the biblical tradition from that often (lazily) assumed to be the orthodoxy of Judaeo-Christian belief. We hear regularly that this tradition authorizes the exploitation of the earth through the language in Genesis a…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 1c An intelligent response to environmental crisis
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 1c An intelligent response to environmental crisis
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
An intelligent response to environmental crisis The ecological crisis challenges us to be reasonable. Put like that, it sounds banal; but given the level of irrationality around the question, it is well worth saying, especially if we are clear about the roots of reasoning in thes…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 8 Apocalypse now: Global equity and sustainable living – the preconditions for human survival
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 8 Apocalypse now: Global equity and sustainable living – the preconditions for human survival
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
Apocalypse now: Global equity and sustainable living – the preconditions for human survival I have taken the theme of apocalypse quite deliberately. People accuse those who are worried about the state of our world of talking apocalyptically and spreading gloom and doom, and I thi…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 7e Competing public issues
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 7e Competing public issues
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
Competing public issues The discussion on voice is linked into maintaining a profile for the issue at stake. What sets this particular discourse on climate change and the common good apart from those other issues and global flows is the extent to which it calls into question our …
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 7d From global flows to paradoxical umbrellas
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 7d From global flows to paradoxical umbrellas
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
From global flows to paradoxical umbrellas The temporal and spatial nature of the debates concerning climate change and its likely consequences effectively means that this theme is a theological global flow. That label is most closely associated with the work of Robert Schreiter,…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 7 Exploring a public theology for here on earth
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 7 Exploring a public theology for here on earth
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
Exploring a public theology for here on earth The very nature of a public theology is to engage with occasional issues which grab the public concern and require immediate and/ or long-term attention. The common practice is to argue that the purpose of a public theology is to nurt…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 7b By way of example…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 7b By way of example…
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
By way of example… There is plentiful scope for this theme of climate change and the common good to become the equivalent of a case study once its theological legitimacy is established. For it to perform this kind of task there should be some criteria for evaluation…
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 39 ‘Ordinary Jews’: Introduction
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 39 ‘Ordinary Jews’: Introduction
by SPCK - N T Wright
‘Ordinary Jews’: Introduction I have dealt thus far with what may be considered ‘specialist’ branches of first-century Judaism, because I think it important to get as clear a historical picture as possible before plunging into a more general account of the Jewish worldview of the…
Meeting God in Paul - Introduction
Meeting God in Paul - Introduction
by SPCK - Rowan Williams
Introduction Trying to write a very short book about St Paul feels a bit risky: from the early centuries of the Christian Church until now, the great minds of Christianity have worked out their thoughts in lengthy and impassioned dialogue with Paul’s letters, and the quantity and…
Simply Good News - Good News - For the World?
Simply Good News - Good News - For the World?
by SPCK - N T Wright
Good News – for the World? If the good news really is what it says, there is all the room in the world for delighted celebration of the gospel in the life of every child, woman, and man. To miss this element – to think of Christianity without this deeply personal aspect – is like…
Echoing the Word - Preparation and penitence
Echoing the Word - Preparation and penitence
by SPCK - Paula Gooder & Michael Perham
1 Preparation and penitence The liturgy begins with a greeting between the president and the people; in this greeting the community is gathered and bound together, and relationships are formed and acknowledged. The president may invoke the persons of the Trinity, proclaiming the …
Simply Good News - Turning the Good News into Bad News
Simply Good News - Turning the Good News into Bad News
by SPCK - N T Wright
Turning the Good News into Bad News The first of these, then, has to do with the popular view of what Christianity is all about – and when I say the popular view, I mean the view of most people inside the church as well as outside. Most people in the Western world think of Christ…
Echoing the Word - Blessing and dismissal
Echoing the Word - Blessing and dismissal
by SPCK - Paula Gooder & Michael Perham
21 Blessing and dismissal Although it may be argued that, after the blessing experienced in receiving the consecrated bread and wine of the Eucharist, no extra words of blessing at the conclusion of the service can add much to the service, a blessing by the president at the end o…
Echoing the Word - Words at the distribution
Echoing the Word - Words at the distribution
by SPCK - Paula Gooder & Michael Perham
19 The prayer of humble access There are two sets of words to consider at the time of the distribution: first, those spoken by the president to invite people to Communion; second, those spoken by those distributing the consecrated bread and wine to each communicant in turn, altho…
Echoing the Word - The common texts of the Eucharistic Prayer
Echoing the Word - The common texts of the Eucharistic Prayer
by SPCK - Paula Gooder & Michael Perham
6 The common texts of the Eucharistic Prayer For all their variety, the Eucharistic Prayers of Common Worship have some common texts and share these with the eucharistic rites of other provinces and churches. These are an opening dialogue, a song usually called by its Latin name,…
Echoing the Word - Proper prefaces