The Hardest Part: A Centenary Critical Edition - Hardcover

Kennedy, G.A. Studdert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 033405656X ISBN 13: 9780334056560

Publisher: SCM Press, 2018

Synopsis

Stark, moving but with glimmers of humour amongst the wreckage, "The Hardest Part" asks perhaps the hardest question of all when faced with the horrors of the 1st World War - where was God to be found in the carnage of the western front? Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy's answer, that through the cross God shares in human suffering rather than being a ‘passionate potentate’ looking down unmoved by death, injury and destruction on an immense scale, was, and still is, revolutionary. Marking the centenary both of the end of the First World War and the original publication of The Hardest Part, this new critical edition contains a contextual introduction, a brief biography of Studdert Kennedy, annotated bibliography and the full text of the first edition of the book, with explanatory notes. Contents: The Man, the Padre and the Theologian - Thomas O’Loughlin Gone and Almost Forgotten: The Reception of 'The Hardest Part' - Stuart Bell The Hardest Part – the 1918 text Dedication Preface Author’s Introduction 1. What is God like? 2. God in Nature 3. God in History 4. God in the Bible 5. God and Democracy 6. God and Prayer 7. God and the Sacrament 8. God and the Church 9. God and the Life Eternal Postscript

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About the Authors

Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy, MC (27 June 1883 - 8 March 1929), was an English Anglican priest and poet. He was nicknamed 'Woodbine Willie' during World War I for giving Woodbine cigarettes along with spiritual aid to injured and dying soldiers.

Thomas O'Loughlin is Professor of Historical Theology at the University of Nottingham.

Rev Dr Stuart Bell is an honorary research fellow at St John's College, Durham

Edition details

• Publisher: SCM Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 033405656X
• ISBN 13: 9780334056560
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 288