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- Apologetics - 20th century
The astonished heart : lost and found in the history of the church
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/catalog6554
- Author
- Capon, Robert Farrar, 1925-2013
- Publication Date
- [1994]
- Material Type
- Book : Paper
- Location
- St Paul's-Ottawa
- Call Number
- BV 601.3 C36 1994
- Place
- Tulsa OK
- Publisher
- University of Tulsa, Faculty of Religion
- Publication Date
- [1994]
- Physical_Description
- [30] p. ; 21.5 x 14 cm.
- Material Type
- Book : Paper
- Notes
- Cover title. "[By] Father Robert Farrar Capon".
- At head of title: The Rita and William H. Bell Professorship in Anglican and Ecumenical Studies.
- "Public Lecture, The University of Tulsa, October 23, 1994".
- "The current state of Christian discourse is a shambles. .... Over the past hundred and fifty years or so, we have managed to put the astonishment of the Gospel proclamation not just in the shade but in deep darkness. .... What has occurred, I think, is this. First, we allowed ourselves to be lured into the dull business of answering people's questions about religion instead of throwing ourselves into the fascinating job of astounding them with the bizarreness of what God in Christ has actually done. Second, we bought into the entirely non-Gospel notion that Jesus is the official Boy Scout teacher of morality and that we as his church, therefore, could safely volunteer ourselves as the moral police force of the wrold. Finally, having thus become distracted from our real work, we found ourselves mired instead in the twin dismal swamps of religion and morality -- or, to put a finer, gentler point on it, in the profoundly marginal subjects of apologetics and ethics." -- p. [1-2].
- Brief note re "Bell Professorship in Anglican and Ecumenical Studies" on inside front cover. Biographical note on "Father Robert Farrar Capon" and brief note re "Past Bell Lecturers" on inside back cover.
- Series
- Bell Distinguished Visiting Professorship and Lecture series ; 5
- Bell lecture series (University of Tulsa) ; 1994
- Added Entry
- University of Tulsa. Rita and William H. Bell Professorship in Anglican and Ecumenical Studies
- Astonished heart : a look through the lost and found window of church history.
- Subjects
- Christian ethics - Anglican authors
- Christian ethics - Episcopal Church
- Christianity - 20th century
- Apologetics - 20th century
- Church
- Church history
- Faith - Anglican authors
- Call Number
- BV 601.3 C36 1994
- Location
- St Paul's-Ottawa
Brushing up on believing : a fresh look at basic Christianity and prayer
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/catalog2956
- Author
- Brown, Shelagh (Shelagh Margaret), 1930-1997
- Publication Date
- c1991
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- Call Number
- BV 4501.2 B76 1991
- Place
- London
- Publisher
- Bible Reading Fellowship
- Publication Date
- c1991
- Physical_Description
- ix, 115 p. : ill. ; 21 x 14.7 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- "[By] Shelagh Brown and Gavin Reid".
- "Illustrations by Taffy".
- "We have written this book to go hand in hand with 'Lights that Shine: How Christians can fulfil their call to mission'. .... We have written 'Brushing up on Believing' to partner 'Lights that Shine', because the more deeply we believe the more brightly our lights will shine. .... In this book there are two sections, one on the basic Christian doctrines and the other on the Lord's Prayer. .... We have included material at the end of each chapter with questions for discussion, prayers and meditations". -- Intro.
- "For the Decade of Evangelism -- teaching material suitable for new or young Christians, or those wanting to `brush up' on the essentials." -- back cover.
- Contents: Foreword / George Carey -- Introduction / Shelagh Brown and Gavin Reid -- Part ONE -- God the Father -- God the Son -- God and Holy Spirit -- Sons and Daughters of God -- Being Christ in the World -- The Last Things -- Part TWO -- Our Father -- Hallowed be Your Name -- Your Kingdom Come, Your Will be Done -- Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread -- Forgive Us Our Sins -- Lead Us Not Into Temptation -- Sources of Quoted Material.
- Added Entry
- Reid, Gavin (Gavin Hunter), 1934-
- Bible Reading Fellowship
- Davies, Taffy (Edward William Llewellyn), 1951-
- Decade of Evangelism
- Lights that Shine
- Subjects
- Christianity
- Prayer
- Christian life - Anglican authors
- Faith - Anglican authors
- Prayer - Church of England
- Prayer - Anglican Communion
- Apologetics - 20th century
- Lord's prayer - Meditations
- Theology, Doctrinal - Popular works
- ISBN
- 0-900164-90-5
- Call Number
- BV 4501.2 B76 1991
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
Christian believing
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/catalog5225
- Author
- Holmes, Urban Tigner, 1930-1981
- Publication Date
- 1979
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- OTCH
- Call Number
- BT 1102 H645 1979
- Place
- Toronto ON
- Publisher
- Anglican Book Centre
- Publication Date
- 1979
- Physical_Description
- viii, 130 p. ; 20.7 x 13.5 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- "Written by Urban T. Holmes and John H. Westerhoff III with the assistance of a group of editorial advisors under the direction of the Church's Teaching Series Committee".
- Includes bibliography (p. 224) and index.
- Contents: Foreword / John M. Allin, Presiding Bishop -- Introduction / Alan Jones, Chairman of the Church's Teaching Series Committee -- Not by Bread Alone -- What Can We Believe ? -- The Strange World of Religious Knowing -- To Search for Truth -- Removing the Veil -- Sources of Illumination -- A Style of Belief -- The Consequence of Belief -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Index.
- Series
- The church's teaching series ; 1
- Added Entry
- Westerhoff, John H. (John Henry), 1933-2022
- ISBN
- 0-919030-46-2
- Call Number
- BT 1102 H645 1979
- Location
- OTCH
Crossfire : faith and doubt in an age of certainty
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/catalog6544
- Author
- Holloway, Richard F. (Richard Frederick), 1933-
- Publication Date
- c1988
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- Call Number
- BT 771.2 H63 1988
- Place
- Grand Rapids MI
- Publisher
- William B. Eerdmans
- Publication Date
- c1988
- Physical_Description
- 175 p. ; 21 x 13.5 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- "[By] Richard Holloway".
- "Copyright 1988 by Richard Holloway. First published 1988 by William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., London. This edition published 1988 through special arrangement with Collins by William B. Eerdmans". -- verso of t.-p.
- Includes bibliographical references, p.173-175.
- "Our modern age of certainty makes it difficult for those who believe rather than know. In this compelling book Richard Holloway explores the basic issues on which Christianity challenges us -- faith and doubt, life and death, the very stuff of human existence. Holloway looks first at humanity's innate sense of the religious and at the nature of belief itself. He argues against the possibility of full rational knowledge of the mystery that is God, leading the reader on to the conclusion that this world is not all there is. The second part of the book provides the context for a personal response to Christ. Developing a series of vivid images, Holloway relates the Gospel story to his own -- and our own -- experience, as he examines the figure of Christ himself, 'the divine stranger who lays upon us impossible burdens and forgives us all our sins'." -- back cover.
- Contents: Preface dated Edinburgh, October 1987 -- Part One: The White Garden -- The White Garden -- The Accusation -- The Window -- The Word -- Part Two: Encountering the Mystery -- Gethsemane -- Jerusalem -- Golgotha -- Galilee -- Crossfire -- Coda on Worship -- Notes.
- ISBN
- 0-8028-0308-3
- Call Number
- BT 771.2 H63 1988
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
Dry Bones : Christianity in transition (Part One)
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article27099
- Reviewer
- Macmaster, Janet
- Record Type
- Book Review
- Journal
- Ferment: Christianity in Transition
- Date
- 2000 Spring
- Reviewer
- Macmaster, Janet
- Record Type
- Book Review
- Date
- 2000 Spring
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 1
- Page
- 20-22
- Notes
- A review of Part one of this "two-part documentary [which] seeks to amplify the psychological significance of Christianity, as well as to broaden the perception of the sacred in our lives. Using interviews with a wide range of people, `Dry Bones' presents an insightful and moving portrait of our changing society". The reviewer comments "In my past working life at the Anglican Journal, Canada's national Anglican newspaper, I've read and heard a lot about the need for the church to change or die. However, I haven't witnessed as eloquent a response by Christian people as to why that is, and what we could do, or what the church could become in order to speak to the world today and in this 21st century".
A faith of our own : living and believing in an age of change
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/catalog5260
- Author
- Davison, Peter (Peter Wood), 1936-
- Publication Date
- 1986
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- Call Number
- BR 121.2 D34 1986
- Place
- Toronto ON
- Publisher
- Anglican Book Centre
- Publication Date
- 1986
- Physical_Description
- 126 p. ; 21 x 13 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- "[By] Peter Davison".
- "In a world torn by ideology, the Christian faith promises a journey toward wholeness. Yet the church has often confused ideology with faith and reduced its rich tradition to moralizing and stagnant custom. The author suggests positive and practical solutions to the many pressing questions raised by the confrontation between contemporary culture and church tradition. He writes for those who have difficulty in believing and for those who wish to grow in faith. This book is intended both for individual readers and for groups of people willing to explore together". -- back cover.
- Contents divided into three main sections: A Reasonable, Religious and Holy Hope -- Christians and Churches in the Contemporary Canadian Context -- What Kind of Church ? What Kind of World ? Some Hints for the Future.
- Contents: Preface / P.D. -- Introduction -- The Way of the Cross -- We Believe in One God -- From God Almighty to the God of the Cross -- We Believe in Jesus, Son of God -- "Man and His World" in Our Time -- The Spirit and the Church -- Understanding Our Own Story -- Changing Images of the Church -- Do We Really Want to be Effective ? -- Is There Room for Beliefs and Values in the Secular Society ? -- Persons and Ideologies -- Holiness as Wholeness: Being Inclusive -- What Kind of God, Anyway ? -- Contemporary Worship and Community -- The Shape of Things to Come -- Ministry as Compassion -- An Invitation to Laugh -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: Doing a Personal Inventory of Beliefs and Values -- Appendix 2: Taking Inventory and Making Decisions in the Church -- Appendix 3: Story-telling and Filling Positions in the Church (or Elsewhere).
- Author is an Anglican Church of Canada priest.
- Subjects
- Christianity - 20th century
- Church and the world
- Anglican Church of Canada - 20th century
- Theology, Doctrinal - Popular works
- Apologetics - 20th century
- ISBN
- 0-919891-44-6
- Call Number
- BR 121.2 D34 1986
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
For Adults Only : A Study in Christian Maturity
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/catalog7870
- Author
- Ferris, Theodore P. (Theodore Parker), 1908-1972
- Publication Date
- c1965
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- Call Number
- BX 5800 F67 F47 1965
- Place
- Cincinnati OH
- Publisher
- Forward Movement Publications
- Publication Date
- c1965
- Physical_Description
- 128 p. ; 16.2 x 10.5 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- "By Theodore P. Ferris".
- "A Forward Movement Miniature Book". -- t.-p.
- "First published under the title 'When I Became a Man', Oxford University Press, N.Y. This edition contains only Part I of that book by special arrangement with the author and publisher". -- inside front cover.
- "Third Printing. Copyright Forward Movement Publications 1965". -- verso of t.-p.
- This book "is addressed primarily to 'the average enlightened citizen of a democracy' who is reaching for religion and who desires his perspective in life restored and clarified'. Its new title emphasizes more pointedly the author's approach in dealing with mature people and sharpens the intent of the original title". -- About the Book.
- Contents: When I Became a Man -- The World We Live In -- God and the World -- More About God -- Depending on God -- God in Christ -- The Evil in the World -- A Realistic Approach to Life -- The Death of Christ -- A Healthy Sense of Guilt -- The Resurrection of Christ -- The Life We Live in Christ -- Life in the Church -- The Presence of God -- The Hope of the World -- The World to Come.
- "About the Book" on inside front cover. "About the Author" on inside back cover.
- Author is an Episcopal priest and "a popular preacher understood of the laity, whose sermons are widely read, and whose writing serves as a model in style and content". -- About the Author.
- Series
- Forward Movement miniature book
- Subjects
- Christianity - Essence, genius, nature
- Apologetics - 20th century
- Episcopal Church - Doctrines
- Call Number
- BX 5800 F67 F47 1965
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
For Christ's sake : a reply to the Bishop of Woolwich's book 'Honest to God' and a postive continuation of the discussion
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/catalog7636
- Author
- Clarke, Oliver Fielding, 1898-1987
- Publication Date
- c1963
- Material Type
- Book : Paper
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- Call Number
- uncat 7628
- Place
- Wallington, Eng.
- Publisher
- Religious Education Press
- Publication Date
- c1963
- Physical_Description
- 103 p. ; 18.3 x 12 cm.
- Material Type
- Book : Paper
- Notes
- "[B]y O. Fielding Clarke".
- "First Published August 1963. Second Edition, September 1963". -- verso of t.-p.
- Includes index.
- "Not for many years has a book on theology caused such widespread interest or occasioned such heated controversy as the Bishop of Woolwich's 'Honest to God'. It has been hailed by many as a great, liberating work and by an equal number as a book which destroys the very foundations of the Christian Faith. .... In this book [Oliver Fielding Clarke] has examined the book in detail and weighed its arguments, and found them wanting. .... Mr. Fielding Clarke has written a book which be especially helpful to those, and there are many, who were puzzled or hurt by 'Honest to God'. But equally his arguments deserve the attention of those who applaud the Bishop's book". -- back cover.
- Contents: Author's Preface dated Hazelwood Vicarage, Derby, Whitsuntide, 1963 / O. Fielding Clarke -- Foreword / John Huxtable -- Part One: A critique of 'Honest to God' Chapter by Chapter -- Reluctant Revolution -- The End of Theism? and The Ground of Our Being -- The Man for Others -- Worldly Holiness -- 'The New Morality' -- Recasting the Mould -- Part Two: The Christian Gospel in the Contemporary World -- The Heart of the Gospel -- Is 'Man' all that 'Mature' ? -- Christ is Risen -- Freedom in Christ -- For Christ's Sake -- Index.
- Author biography on inside front cover.
- Colophon: Made and Printed in Great Britain by Charles Birchall and Sons Ltd., Liverpool and London.
- Subjects
- Robinson, John A.T. (John Arthur Thomas), 1919-1983. Honest to God
- Christianity - Essence, genius, nature
- Apologetics - 20th century
- Call Number
- uncat 7628
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
God outside the box : why spiritual people object to Christianity
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/catalog4304
- Author
- Harries, Richard (Richard Douglas), 1936-
- Publication Date
- 2002
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- Call Number
- BT 103 H37 2002
- Place
- London
- Publisher
- SPCK
- Publication Date
- 2002
- Physical_Description
- xiv, 178 p.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references.
- "[A]t the heart of this book are some of the real feelings which lead people to react negatively to the Christian faith, feelings that are not always articulated. I am concerned with the moral, emotional and spiritual reasons why people find themselves unable to believe or even totally alienated from Christian beliefs. Apart from the problems of suffering, which continues to be the great barrier to faith, and which I discuss in the final chapter, I suspect that behind the philosophical doubts or reasons drawn from the spurious clash of science and religion, there are inchoate feelings of dislike or rejection that have to do with other things altogether." -- Intro., p. xi.
- Contents divided into five sections: The Case against God -- Difficulties in Belief -- The Case against Religion -- The Case against Christianity -- Towards a Spirituality for Today.
- Individual chapters include: Eternal Punishment -- Does God have Favourites ? -- Religion is Divisive -- Christianity is just for Wimps -- The Silence of God.
- Author is the Anglican Bishop of Oxford.
- Subjects
- God
- God - Church of England
- Patriarchy - Religious aspects - Christianity
- Punishment - Religious aspects - Christianity
- Christianity and other religions
- Religion and science
- Aesthetics - Religious aspects - Christianity
- Art and religion
- Sin - Church of England
- Apologetics - 20th century
- Suffering - Religious aspects - Christianity
- Religion - Great Britain
- ISBN
- 0-281-05522-X
- Call Number
- BT 103 H37 2002
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
The Gospel in a pluralist society
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/catalog133
- Author
- Newbigin, Lesslie (James Edward Lesslie), 1909-1998
- Publication Date
- c1989
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- Call Number
- BR 115 C8 N468 1989
- Place
- Grand Rapids MI
- Publisher
- Eerdmans
- Publication Date
- c1989
- Physical_Description
- xi, 244 p. ; 22.8 x 15.2 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- "[By] Lesslie Newbigin".
- "Copyright 1989 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. .. Grand Rapids, Mich. ... First published jointly with WCC Publications, World Council of Churches .. Geneva 2, Switzerland". -- verso of t.-p.
- "Lesslie Newbigin's book is an important contribution to the ongoing search within the ecumenical movement for an authentic expression of the meaning of the gospel and the mission of the church in the midst of a plurality of cultures and religions. Newbigin identifies the danger of relativism evident in a good deal of current discussion. He rejects the dichotomy between the 'world of facts' and the 'world of values'. He regrets the consequent attitude of timidity or of anxiety on the part of Christians, especially in the West. 'The Gospel in a Pluralist Society' is a call to renewed confidence in the gospel of Jesus Christ. It is an attempt to see 'how as Christians we can more confidently affirm our faith in the kind of intellectual climate' in which we find ourselves". -- Foreword.
- Contents: Foreword / Christopher Duraisingh, Director, WCC Commission on World Missions and Evangelism -- Preface . Lesslie Newbigin -- Dogma and Doubt in a Pluralist Culture -- The Roots of Pluralism -- Knowing and Believing -- Authority, Autonomy, and Tradition -- Reason, Revelation, and Experience -- Revelation in History -- The Logic of Election -- The Bible as Universal History -- Christ, the Clue to History -- The Logic of Mission -- Mission: Word, Deed, and New Being -- Contextualization, True and False -- No Other Name -- The Gospel and the Religions -- The Gospel and the Cultures -- Principalities, Powers, and People -- The Myth of the Secular Society -- The Congregation as Hermeneutic of the Gospel -- Ministerial Leadership for a Missionary Congregation -- Confidence in the Gospel.
- Added Entry
- World Council of Churches
- Subjects
- Christianity and culture
- Christianity - 20th century
- Apologetics - 20th century
- Religious pluralism - Christianity
- Christianity and culture - 20th century
- Evangelistic work - Philosophy
- ISBN
- 0-8028-0426-8 (Eerdmans)
- 2-8254-0971-5 (WCC)
- Call Number
- BR 115 C8 N468 1989
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)