The true wilderness / H. A. Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, H. A. (Harry Abbott), 1919-2006, author.

Series:

Contemporary Christian insights.

Contemporary Christian insights

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sermons, English--20th century.

Sermons, English.

Church of England. Sermons.

Church of England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (167 p.)

Place of Publication:

London, [England] ; New York : Continuum, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The True Wilderness has established itself as one of the spiritual classics of the twentieth century. Given as sermons to Trinity College undergraduates in the years following the author's breakdown in the 1950's, it illustrates the dangers of bad religion and the debilitating effects of a false view of God. Williams goes on to show that the true God is experienced by people who have accepted themselves and other people. It is a plea for a positive, life-enhancing faith and its unsparing honesty is particularly suited to contemporary readers. H.A. Williams was born in 1919 and was Fellow and D

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; Into All Truth; What Does It Profit a Man?; The True Wilderness; The Relevance of Christ to Psychology; Gethsemane; The Pearl of Great Price; They that Have Riches; Whoever Seeks to Save his Life; A Kingdom Divided; The First and the Last; The Root of Repentance; Conceived and Born in Sin; Christ as the Light of the World; Deeper Compassion for Humanity; God is Charity; Life Abundant or Life Resisting?; The Trinity; Revelation (Hulsean Sermon); Redemption; Christ the Answer to Twentieth-Century Need; The Saints

Notes:

Reprinted 2002 by Continuum.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-281-78396-X

9786611783969

0-8264-3788-5

OCLC:

560581843