Letters To The Clergy: On The Lord's Prayer And The Church
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Condition remarks:
Book: Poor
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Perfect candidate for rebinding. Pages in good condition with minimal foxing (refer to title page).
In an age of religious uncertainty and institutional reckoning, John Ruskin — Victorian England's most formidable art critic and social prophet — turned his penetrating gaze upon the Church itself, producing one of the most searching and passionate exchanges of the nineteenth century. Letters to the Clergy on The Lord's Prayer and the Church chronicles Ruskin's direct and unsparing correspondence with the clergy of his time, challenging the established Church to reconcile the spiritual purity of the Lord's Prayer with the compromised realities of institutional religion, drawing replies from both clergy and laity in a remarkable public dialogue. This volume, presented in its Third Edition and edited with notes and commentary by the Rev. F. A. Malleson, M.A., stands as a testament to Ruskin's singular ability to fuse moral urgency with lyrical, commanding prose. It illustrates the breadth of his intellectual concerns, extending far beyond art and architecture into the very foundations of faith, society, and human duty. The inclusion of an epilogue by Ruskin himself, alongside additional letters, affords the reader an unparalleled window into the evolution of his thought — leaving one to wonder whether his prescient critiques of spiritual complacency speak less to his own era than to ours.
Author: John Ruskin
Format: Hardback
Published: 1896, George Allen
Genre: Essays
Condition remarks:
Book: Poor
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Perfect candidate for rebinding. Pages in good condition with minimal foxing (refer to title page).
In an age of religious uncertainty and institutional reckoning, John Ruskin — Victorian England's most formidable art critic and social prophet — turned his penetrating gaze upon the Church itself, producing one of the most searching and passionate exchanges of the nineteenth century. Letters to the Clergy on The Lord's Prayer and the Church chronicles Ruskin's direct and unsparing correspondence with the clergy of his time, challenging the established Church to reconcile the spiritual purity of the Lord's Prayer with the compromised realities of institutional religion, drawing replies from both clergy and laity in a remarkable public dialogue. This volume, presented in its Third Edition and edited with notes and commentary by the Rev. F. A. Malleson, M.A., stands as a testament to Ruskin's singular ability to fuse moral urgency with lyrical, commanding prose. It illustrates the breadth of his intellectual concerns, extending far beyond art and architecture into the very foundations of faith, society, and human duty. The inclusion of an epilogue by Ruskin himself, alongside additional letters, affords the reader an unparalleled window into the evolution of his thought — leaving one to wonder whether his prescient critiques of spiritual complacency speak less to his own era than to ours.