Mercy of God's humility : the Daily telegraph meditations / Edward Norman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Norman, Edward R.

Contributor:

Charlton Yarnall Fund.

Yarnall Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Meditations.

Christian life.

Physical Description:

xviii, 198 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, 2004.

Summary:

For well over a decade Edward Norman's Meditation column in Saturday's Daily Telegraph has attracted a large following among readers, and a second collection of the articles -- following the earlier success of Out of the Depths -- is here published in their original form. The Meditations are each self-contained arguments in support of a traditionalist understanding of Christianity, intended to help readers in their faith, and to maintain respect for the teachings of the Church. In that, they are plainly hostile to liberal interpretations of the Christian religion, and especially intend to deny modern reductionist attempts widely made in the church of today as well as outside it, to represent the mission of Christ as compatible with Humanist ethics. In his rigorous Introduction to the collection, the author surveys modern versions of religious belief with critical disdain.

Contents:

1. Watching space

25 October 1997 1

2. All Saints

1 November 1997 3

3. Death wish

8 November 1997 5

4. The false dawn

15 November 1997 7

5. Changing times

29 November 1997 9

6. The price of salvation

6 December 1997 11

7. Christmas

20 December 1997 13

8. At the year's end

27 December 1997 15

9. The end of life

3 January 1998 17

10. The Resurrection of Christ

11 April 1998 19

11. A discipline for the soul

25 April 1998 21

12. A love that hurts

9 May 1998 23

13. A morality for all seasons

16 May 1998 25

14. Gifts of the Spirit

30 May 1998 27

15. The vocation of interpretation

13 June 1998 29

16. Wheat and tares

20 June 1998 31

17. As we are

27 June 1998 33

18. The divine mercy

4 July 1998 35

19. Getting the context right

10 October 1998 37

20. Forgiveness

24 October 1998 39

21. Keeping the truth

7 November 1998 41

22. Fallen creatures

28 November 1998 43

23. The hope of sinners

5 December 1998 45

24. The year ahead

26 December 1998 47

25. Not us, but God

10 April 1999 49

26. The true cost of virtue

17 April 1999 51

27. Power from on high

1 May 1999 53

28. Dust to dust

8 May 1999 55

29. Raised to glory

15 May 1999 57

30. Making a good end

12 June 1999 59

31. How to know God

26 June 1999 61

32. Not having everything

9 October 1999 63

33. More than human need

16 October 1999 65

34. Remembrance

13 November 1999 67

35. Family values

20 November 1999 69

36. The mote and the beam

4 December 1999 71

37. Passing enthusiasms

11 December 1999 73

38. Christmas cheer

25 December 1999 75

39. The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand

15 April 2000 77

40. Ruler of the heart

13 May 2000 79

41. More than a token

20 May 2000 81

42. Moral confusion

27 May 2000 83

43. Raised to glory

3 June 2000 85

44. Wrong perspectives

10 June 2000 87

45. The mirror of imperfection

17 June 2000 89

46. Clear advice

24 June 2000 91

47. Religious loyalty

14 October 2000 93

48. What do we remember?

11 November 2000 95

49. A universal truth

18 November 2000 97

50. Listening to God

9 December 2000 99

51. The language of praise

16 December 2000 101

52. Hail to the Lord's anointed

7 April 2001 103

53. The authority of truth

21 April 2001 105

54. Counting the days

19 May 2001 107

55. The truth of the Spirit

2 June 2001 109

56. The Holy Trinity

9 June 2001 111

57. A modern deception

16 June 2001 113

58. The peace of God

23 June 2001 115

59. Loyalty to truth

6 October 2001 117

60. A shared identity

20 October 2001 119

61. Illusions about death

3 November 2001 121

62. Loving the unlovely

17 November 2001 123

63. The God who may be known

24 November 2001 125

64. Religionless religion

1 December 2001 127

65. On dying well

8 December 2001 129

66. True exultation

22 December 2001 131

67. Of religious truth

4 May 2002 133

68. The promise of truth

18 May 2002 135

69. The Jubilee

1 June 2002 137

70. Enduring all things

8 June 2002 139

71. A danse macabre

15 June 2002 141

72. Along the way

22 June 2002 143

73. The lover of souls

5 October 2002 145

74. Getting the human perspective right

12 October 2002 147

75. Called to true health

19 October 2002 149

76. Civic religion

9 November 2002 151

77. Clarity with truth

16 November 2002 153

78. Not counting the cost

30 November 2002 155

79. A bleak vision

7 December 2002 157

80. Matters of higher importance

14 December 2002 159

81. Bricks without straw

5 April 2003 161

82. Angels not Anglicans

26 April 2003 163

83. The simplicity of truth

3 May 2003 165

84. Accumulating unrighteousness

14 May 2003 167

85. The cost of discipleship

24 May 2003 169

86. The faith of sinners

31 May 2003 171

87. Spiritual selfishness

7 June 2003 173

88. Penetrating reality

14 June 2003 175

89. Another way

21 June 2003 177

90. The sin of first resort

4 October 2003 179

91. Fallen standards

1 October 2003 181

92. Morals off the screen

25 October 2003 183

93. Loyalty to truth

15 November 2003 185

94. The sound of music

22 November 2003 187

95. Seeing ourselves as we are

29 November 2003 189

96. Knowing the Lord

6 December 2003 191

97. The life that is death

13 December 2003 193

98. Xmas cheer

20 December 2003 195

99. A New Year resolution

27 December 2003 197.

Local Notes:

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

Contains:

Daily telegraph (London, England)

ISBN:

0826471285

OCLC:

54786664