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February 2020
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February 2020
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Timothy Radcliffe considers the strength of the Christian imagination in its ability inspire others.
How can we touch the imagination of our contemporaries with our faith? The disciples returning from Emmaus (Luke 24) said that when they met the stranger on the road, their hearts burnt within them as he expounded the Scriptures. What blocks the reception of Christianity today is not so much secularism or atheism but the banality of contemporary culture--what could be called "the globalization of superficiality." We need the help of creative people to open up our minds to the transcendent. We will only excite people about our faith if we show that it is the response to an invitation to live fully.
Christianity is an adventure which takes the puzzled disciples to Jerusalem. Radcliffe describes aspects of being alive that the disciples encounter along the way: healing, struggling with negativity, growing up and forgiveness. These all relate to our coming alive in Christ. Radcliffe shows how thinking and study relate to our human and more than human flourishing. Doctrine is not indoctrination but the liberation of the heart and mind. A chapter called "Affliction" explores the utter negation of life on Good Friday, embraced and overcome. The last section of the book called "The Risen Life" explores what it means to be alive spiritually, physically, justly through liturgy and prayer.
Imagination
1. Wingless and Three-Legged Chickens
2. Choose Life
Journeying
3. The Transcendent Adventure
4. A God for Our Aches and Pains
5. Initial Skirmishes
6. Growing Up
7. Sin and Forgiveness
Teaching
8. Teaching: The Dogmatic Imagination
9. Impossible Friendships
10. The Non-Violent Imagination
11. At Home
12. The Ecology of Faith
13. Affliction
The Risen Life
Introduction
14. The Spiritual Life
15. Bodily Life
16. The Sacramental versus the Technocratic Imagination
17. The Liturgical Imagination: God's Providence
18. The Life of Prayer: The Poetry of Hope
Conclusion
Notes
Author
Radcliffe Timothy
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Continuum
Published
February 2020
Weight
454g
Dimensions
131 x 212 x 32 mm
ISBN
9781472970206
ISBN-10
1472970209
Eden Code
4980772
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Author/Creator: Radcliffe Timothy
ISBN: 9781472970206
Publisher: Continuum
Release Date: February 2020
Weight: 454g
Dimensions: 131 x 212 x 32 mm
Eden Code: 4980772