02422nam 2200577 450 991078951920332120230721014306.01-283-20550-597866132055061-4411-3466-2(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 CommunionEnglandAnglican Communion283.143Wells SamCoakley SarahMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789519203321Praying for England3677014UNINA