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UNINA9910782376903321 |
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Autore |
Williams H. A (Harry Abbott), <1919-2006, > |
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Titolo |
The true wilderness / / H. A. Williams |
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London, [England] ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2002 |
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©1965 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-78396-X |
9786611783969 |
0-8264-3788-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (167 p.) |
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Collana |
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Contemporary Christian insights |
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Sermons, English - 20th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Reprinted 2002 by Continuum. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Introduction; Into All Truth; What Does It Profit a Man?; The True Wilderness; The Relevance of Christ to Psychology; Gethsemane; The Pearl of Great Price; They that Have Riches; Whoever Seeks to Save his Life; A Kingdom Divided; The First and the Last; The Root of Repentance; Conceived and Born in Sin; Christ as the Light of the World; Deeper Compassion for Humanity; God is Charity; Life Abundant or Life Resisting?; The Trinity; Revelation (Hulsean Sermon); Redemption; Christ the Answer to Twentieth-Century Need; The Saints |
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The True Wilderness has established itself as one of the spiritual classics of the twentieth century. Given as sermons to Trinity College undergraduates in the years following the author's breakdown in the 1950's, it illustrates the dangers of bad religion and the debilitating effects of a false view of God. Williams goes on to show that the true God is experienced by people who have accepted themselves and other people. It is a plea for a positive, life-enhancing faith and its unsparing honesty is particularly suited to contemporary readers. H.A. Williams was born in 1919 and was Fellow and D |
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