Contents: 1. The schoolboy: 1927-44 -- Early family life -- The accident of 1933 -- The typewriter -- Early religious views -- Encounter with C.S. Lewis -- Preparing for Oxford University -- 2. Oxford: Corpus Christi College, 1944-8 -- The OICCU -- The conversion -- Misgivings over 'Victorious Living' -- Discovering the Puritans -- Academic success. 3. London: Oak Hill College, 1948-9 -- Refl…
A note on fame and friendship -- Charles Chaplin: the one and only -- Edward VIII: the golden boy -- H.L. Mencken: The public and the private face -- Adlai Stevenson: The failed saint -- Bertrand Russell: the lord of reason -- Humphrey Bogart: epitaph for a tough guy. Abstract The erudite writer and paragon of television commentators recalls his friendships with, and the personal characteri…
Having a place in the world 1906-1914 -- The dream of a fine, devout death 1914-1918 -- Knowing where one stands 1919-1923 -- Understanding what the Church is 1923-1924 -- Communion of saints 1925-1927 -- "The earth remains our mother" 1928-1930 -- "Who would wish unconcernedly and uncaringly to enter the promised land?" 1930-1931 -- "Consider what is on earth!" 1931-1932 -- A spoke in the whee…
A child fascinated by death -- The humiliation of defeat -- Theologian in the making -- The new world -- The ecumenical movement -- Nineteen thirty-three -- The London pastorate -- Students for the confessing church -- The fateful years -- Turning point -- Sharing the trials and the shame -- The Abwehr -- Awaiting trial: the first year in prison -- Conspiracy, love and new theology -- The last …
Contents: The four gospels : distinctive voices. Overviews of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John -- Jesus according to the Synoptists. The birth and childhood of Jesus : the hope of promise (Matt. 1-2; Luke 1-2) ; The backdrop to Jesus' ministry : John the Baptist, Jesus' baptism and temptations (Matt. 3:1-4:11; Mark 1:1-13; Luke 3:1-4:13) ; The initial portrait of Jesus' Galilean ministry : teachin…
The founding fathers -- The twelfth century, spiritual formation and monastic reform -- The poetic vision of the thirteenth century, the spirit of the friars -- The mystic flowering of fourteenth-century England -- The Rhineland and the Netherlands, beyond God to the Godhead -- The Italian mystic Renaissance, the two Catherines -- The Reformation, new dimensions of Christian spirituality -- Spa…
Biography.
My own journey -- Notes on the queer use of language in this book -- Faith : the starting point -- Prayer and meditation : trusting your inner voice -- The Bible : the bad news -- The Bible : the good news -- Holy mother church vs. the queer nation : the authority of community -- God : healing our images -- Mary : the divine feminine -- Jesus the Christ : our elder brother -- The word made fles…
Vision for awakening -- The Necesity for prayer and awakening -- The Secret of prayer -- Power for witnessing -- Motivation for witnessing -- Holiness, the root of Grace -- Humility, the soil of Grace -- Overcoming fear -- Overcoming apathy -- Hindrances to awakening -- True worship : the product of awakening -- Discipleship : the wineskin for awakening.
Reprint of the 1st ed. published by Albury Pub., 1996. Includes bibliographical references.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-349).