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Scripture, Metaphysics, and Poetry

Austin Farrer's The Glass of Vision With Critical Commentary

By: Revd Dr Robert MacSwain

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Scripture, Metaphysics, and Poetry

Austin Farrer's The Glass of Vision With Critical Commentary

By: Revd Dr Robert MacSwain

This book offers a critical edition of arguably the greatest work of English theology in the 20th century: Austin Farrer's Bampton Lectures published as The Glass of Vision in 1948. Farrer was an interdisciplinary genius who made original contributions to philosophy, theology, and biblical studies, as well as to our understanding of the role of imagination in human thought and Christian doctrine. According to Farrer, the three primary themes of these lectures are 'scripture, metaphysics, and poetry,' individually and in relation to each other. The lectures defend his famous theory of divine revelation through images rather than propositions or events, a provocative account of the place of metaphysical reasoning in theology, and a literary approach to the Biblical text that was decades ahead of its time and is still controversial. The Glass of Vision has generated a rich and interesting interdisciplinary conversation that has lasted for decades, starting with commentators such as Helen Gardner and Frank Kermode. In addition to Farrer's full text, this critical edition also contains an introduction to the significance and context of Farrer's thought, and a selection of thirty-years' worth of commentary by leading British and European theologians and literary scholars: David Brown, Ingolf Dalferth, Hans Haugh, Douglas Hedley, David Jasper, and Gerard Loughlin. Of interest to literary and biblical scholars, theologians, and philosophers, this book holds particular value for those exploring the nature of imagination in contemporary thought and scholarship.

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Mothering as a Metaphor for Ministry

By: Revd Dr Emma Percy

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Mothering as a Metaphor for Ministry

By: Revd Dr Emma Percy

Drawing together original research which weaves together ideas from theology, philosophy, feminism and writing on mothering and child development, Percy affirms and encourages aspects of good practice in ministry that are in danger of being over looked because they are neither well-articulated nor valued. Offering a fresh look at parish ministry, this book uses a maternal metaphor to provide an integrated image of being and doing.

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1409466914

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Scripture, Metaphysics, and Poetry

Austin Farrer's The Glass of Vision With Critical Commentary

By: Revd Dr Robert MacSwain

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Austin Farrer's The Glass of Vision With Critical Commentary

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Scripture, Metaphysics, and Poetry

Scripture, Metaphysics, and Poetry

Mothering as a Metaphor for Ministry

Mothering as a Metaphor for Ministry

Scripture, Metaphysics, and Poetry

Scripture, Metaphysics, and Poetry

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