On Being The Church In The World
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
What does it mean for the Church to be a living, breathing presence in the modern world? In On Being the Church in the World, John A. T. Robinson — the influential Bishop of Woolwich — presents a bold and searching collection of essays that confront the tension between sacred institution and secular society. Writing with the intellectual rigour of a trained theologian and the pastoral urgency of an active bishop, Robinson argues that the Church must abandon comfortable insularity and engage directly with the political, social, and ethical challenges of contemporary life. Robinson's work occupies a significant place in the mid-twentieth century tradition of radical Anglican theology, anticipating many of the debates that would explode into public view with his later, landmark work Honest to God. His prose is incisive and uncompromising, cutting through ecclesiastical convention to ask fundamental questions about faith, community, and witness. These essays challenge the reader to reconsider not just the role of the Church, but the very nature of Christian existence in a rapidly changing world — a question that remains as urgent today as when Robinson first posed it.
Author: J. A. T. Robinson
Format: Hardback
Genre: Essays
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
What does it mean for the Church to be a living, breathing presence in the modern world? In On Being the Church in the World, John A. T. Robinson — the influential Bishop of Woolwich — presents a bold and searching collection of essays that confront the tension between sacred institution and secular society. Writing with the intellectual rigour of a trained theologian and the pastoral urgency of an active bishop, Robinson argues that the Church must abandon comfortable insularity and engage directly with the political, social, and ethical challenges of contemporary life. Robinson's work occupies a significant place in the mid-twentieth century tradition of radical Anglican theology, anticipating many of the debates that would explode into public view with his later, landmark work Honest to God. His prose is incisive and uncompromising, cutting through ecclesiastical convention to ask fundamental questions about faith, community, and witness. These essays challenge the reader to reconsider not just the role of the Church, but the very nature of Christian existence in a rapidly changing world — a question that remains as urgent today as when Robinson first posed it.