Welcome to Anglican Spiritual Traditions

Welcome to Anglican Spiritual Traditions

Author: Vicki K. Black

Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2011-01-01

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13: 0819227226

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Part of the well-established Welcome to... series from Morehouse Publishing, this book addresses church history from the grassroots perspective of how Anglicans have prayed, thought about, and lived out their faith through the centuries.


Welcome to the Christian Faith

Welcome to the Christian Faith

Author: Christopher L. Webber

Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2011-10

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 0819227439

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A foundational volume for seekers in formation programs and a “refresher” study volume for individuals and congregational study groups. We live in a world increasingly separated from the Christian tradition and the basic understanding of the faith that previous ages might have taken for granted. The voices of faith seem increasingly strident and off-putting to many. There is a need for a calmer, basic introduction to faith that recognizes the value of doubt and the questions raised in a secular society. A systematic introduction to Christianity for newcomers needs to begin with a discussion of faith itself and then move on to a discussion of such Christian basics as God, Trinity, Church, sin, atonement, prayer, and Christian living.


Welcome to the Episcopal Church

Welcome to the Episcopal Church

Author: Christopher Webber

Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.

Published: 1999-12

Total Pages: 143

ISBN-13: 0819218200

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The perfect book for inquirers and new members, as well as current Church members who may be unfamiliar with some of the Church s history, beliefs, and practices. This new introduction to the history, polity, spirituality, worship, and outreach of the Episcopal Church is written in an easy-to-read conversational tone, and includes study questions at the end of each chapter, making it an excellent resource for adult parish study and inquirers' classes."


Welcome to a Life of Faith in the Episcopal Church

Welcome to a Life of Faith in the Episcopal Church

Author: Megan Castellan

Publisher: Church Publishing

Published: 2019-11-17

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 1640651365

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• Perfect for newcomers and confirmation classes The Episcopal Church has a language and a practice all its own. For a newcomer, these can seem intimidating at first glance. This book takes readers through a Sunday worship experience, and explains the what, the why, and the how of what they might encounter. Worship is explained, with a quick survey of the Book of Common Prayer, along with frequently encountered vocabulary. How we read the Bible and what we believe about core points of theology are also discussed, especially as these points may differ from what many people assume to be Christian norms. How faith is practiced and its connection to our social and moral lives is discussed. What is the Jesus Movement and how can the Way of Love be lived every day? Finally, a short overview of Episcopal history is included, for the visitor who wonders how we came to be here. The book concludes with a few of the most frequently asked questions by adults who join the Episcopal Church.


Spiritual Counsel in the Anglican Tradition

Spiritual Counsel in the Anglican Tradition

Author: David & Henery Hein

Publisher: James Clarke & Company

Published: 2010-06-24

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 0227903498

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As the world grows increasingly complex, human beings need more, not less, good counsel for Christian living. This book reaches into the treasury of Anglican spirituality and draws out pearls of wisdom for today's needs. The Anglican tradition has shown an abiding concern for a holy living that leads to a holy dying. Spiritual Counsel in the Anglican Tradition offers earnest, practical devotion to inspire and to instruct the Christian pilgrim in the path of discipleship. Here readers will find not a general collection of spiritual writings but direct words of spiritual counsel on such crucial subjects as discipleship, vocation, scripture, sacraments, vice and virtue, money, patience, forgiveness, perseverance, marriage and family, friendship, and the natural world. Readers will also encounter many passages selected for both authoritative content and surpassing beauty. Represented in these pages are fifty Anglican authors, including John Donne, Austin Farrer, C.S. Lewis, Samuel Johnson, William Law, Hannah More, J.B. Phillips, Michael Ramsey, Frederick W. Robertson, Dorothy L. Sayers, Geoffrey A. Studdert Kennedy, William Temple, Evelyn Underhill, and Olive Wyon. This is a book that takes seriously the Anglican emphasis on a form of religion that quickensthe mind, forms the conscience, guides the will, and lifts the spirit.


Welcome to the Church Year

Welcome to the Church Year

Author: Vicki K. Black

Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2004-10

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780819219664

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A tour through the dates, colors, and other traditions of the Church year. This third volume in the popular Morehouse series explains why we do what we do and when, and it does so in a user-friendly, thoroughly interesting way.


Spiritual Traditions for the Contemporary Church

Spiritual Traditions for the Contemporary Church

Author: Robin Maas

Publisher: Abingdon Press

Published: 1990-01-15

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 0687392330

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This volume offers a comprehensive intellectual and experiential introduction to Christian spirituality. It embraces spiritual traditions from the Patristic period to the present day. Part I, "The Roots of Contemporary Western Spirituality," covers spiritual types that have been fundamental in shaping spiritual practice. Part II, "Distinctive Spiritual Traditions," offers major introductory essays on spiritual traditions formed by such notable figures as Luther, Wesley, Ignatius, and John of the Cross, as well as ecclesiastical traditions such as Anglicanism. Part III, "The Feminine Dimension in Christian Spirituality," is devoted to Marian Spirituality, holy women, and feminism. Each of the fourteen chapters is followed by a practicum which enables readers to assimilate the practice prescribed into their own devotional life .