02456nam 2200589 450 991046130620332120211005222912.01-283-20550-597866132055061-4411-3466-2(CKB)2670000000106337(EBL)742342(OCoLC)741687245(SSID)ssj0000525002(PQKBManifestationID)11343580(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000525002(PQKBWorkID)10487919(PQKB)10606035(MiAaPQ)EBC5309652(MiAaPQ)EBC3003141(MiAaPQ)EBC742342(Au-PeEL)EBL3003141(OCoLC)928191584(EXLCZ)99267000000010633720180319h20082008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPraying for England priestly presence in contemporary culture /edited by Sam Wells and Sarah CoakleyLondon, [England] :Continuum,2008.©20081 online resource (206 p.)Includes index.0-567-03230-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Introduction: Prayer, Place and the Poor; 1 Representation; 2 Glory; 3 Imagination; 4 Presence; 5 Attention; 6 Honesty; 7 Debate; Epilogue; Four Poems; A Note on the Littlemore Conference; List of Contributors; IndexPraying 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 mAnglican CommunionEnglandElectronic books.Anglican Communion283.143Wells SamCoakley SarahMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461306203321Praying for England2485579UNINA