Bush Parson
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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Before he became one of the twentieth century's most celebrated New Testament scholars, Leon Morris spent years bumping along dusty outback tracks as a travelling clergyman in rural Australia — and Bush Parson is his warm, candid, and often hilarious account of that formative chapter in his life. Set against the vast, unforgiving Australian bush, the memoir chronicles Morris's early ministry among isolated farming communities, recounting the practical hardships, unexpected joys, and quietly profound human encounters that shaped both his faith and his character. Written with the same clarity and unpretentious intelligence that would later define his landmark biblical commentaries, this memoir presents a man of deep conviction navigating a world of broken-down vehicles, makeshift churches, and indomitable bush characters. Morris illustrates how the rough edges of rural ministry stripped away the ceremonial and left only the essential, forging a theology grounded in lived experience rather than cloistered study. For readers drawn to Australian history, religious memoir, or simply a good story told with grace and good humour, Bush Parson leaves one wondering just how much the outback made the scholar.
Author: Leon Morris
Format: Paperback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Before he became one of the twentieth century's most celebrated New Testament scholars, Leon Morris spent years bumping along dusty outback tracks as a travelling clergyman in rural Australia — and Bush Parson is his warm, candid, and often hilarious account of that formative chapter in his life. Set against the vast, unforgiving Australian bush, the memoir chronicles Morris's early ministry among isolated farming communities, recounting the practical hardships, unexpected joys, and quietly profound human encounters that shaped both his faith and his character. Written with the same clarity and unpretentious intelligence that would later define his landmark biblical commentaries, this memoir presents a man of deep conviction navigating a world of broken-down vehicles, makeshift churches, and indomitable bush characters. Morris illustrates how the rough edges of rural ministry stripped away the ceremonial and left only the essential, forging a theology grounded in lived experience rather than cloistered study. For readers drawn to Australian history, religious memoir, or simply a good story told with grace and good humour, Bush Parson leaves one wondering just how much the outback made the scholar.