The character of wisdom : essays in honour of Wesley Carr / edited by Martyn Percy and Stephen Lowe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carr, Wesley.

Percy, Martyn.

Lowe, Stephen, 1946-

Charlton Yarnall Fund.

Yarnall Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pastoral theology--Church of England.

Pastoral theology.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

xii, 210 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., [2004]

Contents:

Part 1 Shaping the Church

1. The Priest-like Task: Funding the Ministry of the Church of England / Martyn Percy 3

2. The Shaping of Institutions / Anton Obholzer 23

3. The Church of England Between Memory and Hope / Paul Avis 33

4. Task: A Transcendent Notion / Edward R. Shapiro 45

Part 2 Pastoral Theology and Christian Ministry

5. Revisiting Teams / Stephen Lowe 57

6. Standing for Something / Francis Ward 67

7. More Tea, Vicar? Testing and Tasting Truth / Alastair Redfern 81

8. Occasional Offices: Natural Sacraments of God's Grace / Christopher Moody 93

9. Strong Feelings in a Polite Church / Emma Percy, Martyn Percy 107

Part 3 Theology, Church and World

10. Spirituality and the Mass Media / Angela Tilby 125

11. Gospel Values and Modern Bioethics / Robin Gill 141

12. God and Caesar, Then and Now / Tom Wright 157

13. Theology as Queen or Servant / Duncan B. Forrester 173

14. A Response / Wesley Carr 191.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charlton Yarnall Fund.

ISBN:

0754634175

0754634183

OCLC:

53483642