If You Meet George Herbert on the Road, Kill Him Radically Re-Thinking Priestly Ministry

Name: If You Meet George Herbert on the Road, Kill Him Radically Re-Thinking Priestly Ministry
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ISBN: 9780826424204

ISBN-10: 0826424201

ISBN-13: 9780826424204

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Authors: Justin Lewis-Anthony

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Priestly ministry in the Church of England needs a radical rethink...George Herbert died in 1633. His legacy continues. His poems are read and sung, and his parish ministry remains the model for the Church of England's understanding of how and where and why its priests should minister. But there is a problem. The memory of Herbert celebrated by the Church is an inaccurate one, and, in its inaccuracy, is unfair on Herbert himself and his successors in the ordained ministry. This is a book of the long view. It sets out to assess realistically the context of Herbert's life and to explore the difficulties of parish life today. By examining the status and role of parish clergy since Herbert's…

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List price: $17.26
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 1/17/2013
Binding: E-Book
Pages: 256
Language: English

Justin Lewis-Anthony is Rector of St Stephen's Church, Canterbury, and Associate Lecturer in the European Cultures and Languages Section of the University of Kent at Canterbury. Formerly Precentor of Christ Church, Oxford, he has lectured, and led retreats, on film, popular culture and theology, and pastoralia in Canterbury, Oxford, Salisbury, London, Exeter, Chelmsford, St Albans, St Deiniol's Library, and North America.