The Spiritual Practice of Remembering:

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ISBN: 9780802868978

ISBN-10: 0802868975

ISBN-13: 9780802868978

Edition: 2013

Authors: Margaret Bendroth

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We often dismiss history as dull or irrelevant, but our modern disengagement from the past puts us fundamentally out of step with the long witness of the Christian tradition. Yet, says Margaret Bendroth, the past tense is essential to our language of faith, and without it our conversation is limited and thin.This accessible, beautifully written book presents a new argument for honoring the past. The Christian tradition gives us the powerful image of a vast communion of saints, all of God's people, both living and dead, in vital conversation with each other. This kind of connection with our ancestors in the faith, Bendroth maintains, will not happen by wishing or by accident. She argues that…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: On Keeping and Tossing



Stranded in the Present



Past Imperfect



Memory Loss



The Great Conversation



The Communion of Saints



The Spiritual Practice of Remembering