Give Love and Receive the Kingdom: Essential People and Themes of English Spirituality - Hardcover

Ward SLG, Benedicta

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1640600973 ISBN 13: 9781640600973

Publisher: Paraclete Press, 2018

Synopsis

From the greatest living expert on the history of English spirituality comes the most expansive collection ever published of her work

“Sister Benedicta is uniquely qualified to write on the beauties and subtleties of Anglo-Saxon writing about the Christian life. These wonderfully crafted pieces give an invaluable introduction to this world of thought and prayer and image.” —Rowan Williams

From the spirituality of Cuthbert, to Bede and the Psalter, Anselm the monastic scholar, and the depths of Julian of Norwich, from twelfth century hermits, through medieval pilgrimage, and by illuminating seventeenth century preachers, this volume is Benedicta Ward’s magnum opus. With a title drawn from the writings of St. Anselm—a beautiful summary of the Christian life—this book is designed to both inspire and educate.

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“The message of these writers is certainly not one of ease and comfortableness, but of faith, hope, and love. Only after wrestling with God, like Jacob in the dark, and being like him permanently wounded, can anyone go towards the brother one has hated and say, “I see your face as the face of God” (Gen. 33:10). They all used their own life experience, starting where they were, to express the impact on them of the Gospel through self-knowledge and God-knowledge, by submission and repentance, coming closer always to the reality of God in Christ. They spoke out of lives lived within and on behalf of a world as torn and agonizing and filled with doubt as our own. There are many written sources to draw upon in understanding the inner life of our predecessors in these islands. They were human beings like ourselves, and in exploring their journeys we can be refreshed and encouraged in our own.” —from the introduction

About the Author

Benedicta Ward, SLG is a sister of the Community of Sisters of the Love of God and one of the world authorities on English spirituality and desert monasticism. She is Reader in the History of Christian Spirituality at the University of Oxford and an honorary lecturer at Harris Manchester College. Sr. Benedicta has written many books over a long career including The Sayings of the Desert Fathers, Harlots of the Desert, and The Venerable Bede. She lives in Oxford, England.
 

About this edition

• Publisher: Paraclete Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1640600973
• ISBN 13: 9781640600973
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208