The Romance of the Word: One Man's Love Affair with Theology - Softcover

Robert Farrar Capon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802840841 ISBN 13: 9780802840844

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans-Lightning Source, 1995

Synopsis

This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable.

This wonderful trilogy again makes available three of Robert Farrar Capon's sought-after early works: An Offering of Uncles, The Third Peacock, and Hunting the Divine Fox. Brought together under one cover to stand as a kind of "theological trinity," the books in this volume each offer a refreshingly different take on key theological issues. A substantial new preface by Capon introduces the books and reveals how each fits into his own literary and spiritual landscape.

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About the Author

Robert Farrar Capon (1925–2013) was an Episcopal priest and prolific author. Over the course of his career, he held a variety of roles, including parish priest at Christ Church in Port Jefferson, dean of the George Mercer Jr. Memorial School of Theology, assistant to the rector at St. Luke’s Church in East Hampton, and canon theologian to the Episcopal Bishop of Long Island. His many books included The Supper of the Lamb, The Fingerprints of God, and The Foolishness of Preaching.

From the Back Cover

This wonderful trilogy again makes available three of Robert Farrar Capon's sought-after early works: An Offering of Uncles, The Third Peacock, and Hunting the Divine Fox. Brought together under one cover to stand as a kind of 'theological trinity, ' the books in this volume each offer a refreshingly different take on key theological issues.

Reviews

This volume incorporates three previously published books (An Offering of Uncles, The Third Peacock and Hunting the Divine Fox) with an important and sizable new introduction in which Capon provides us with a rare, candid self-assessment. Looking over his life and two careers, one as an Episcopal priest/pastor and the other as an author, Capon offers us a summary?a kind of Capon 101?of his theology and its twin insistences that "Christianity is not a religion" and that "Grace is not a transaction." Here, as always, Capon's writing will be a terror to those who insist that humanity has to earn salvation and that some get it, but most don't. Others will find Capon's iconoclasm refreshing. In sum, Romance does indeed justify its subtitle. It is one man's love affair with theology, and what a man he turns out to be!
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Edition details

• Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans-Lightning Source
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802840841
• ISBN 13: 9780802840844
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 380