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Ladataan... Thy Will Be Done: The 2021 Lent Book (vuoden 2021 painos)Tekijä: Stephen Cherry (Tekijä)
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At a time of change, uncertainty and widespread anxiety, we need to discover again the freshness of our most familiar spiritual resources. Stephen Cherry's Lent Book does exactly this by inviting the reader to immerse themselves in the most central, important and iconic of Christian prayers - the Lord's Prayer, the Our Father. Mining the tradition for wisdom and insight, and finding inspiration in the theologians of the past such as St Paul, Gregory of Nyssa, John Calvin, but also more contemporary voices such as Evelyn Underhill, Simone Weil, and Michelle Obama,Thy Will Be Done presents the comforts and challenges of the prayer in 36 short chapters. This most accessible Lent Book, rich in anecdote as well as analysis, is daily bread for the spiritually hungry. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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There are several passages where the author seems to have put up some straw men only in order to knock them down. For example, we get reminded that for a few years in the 1970s the CofE tried changing "temptation" to "the time of trial" or "the test", cited as part of an argument that in teaching his followers this prayer, Jesus wasn't really suggesting that unless we pray, God will give us a hard time. I remember the fuss about this, but for most people - even for many Christians - it's unknown history.
An aspect I wanted to debate with the author is his apparent dislike of the word "sin". My own - perhaps too facile - interpretation of "lead us not into temptation" is "help me to resist the temptation of sinful thoughts and sinful actions". Untill reading the book it hadn't occurred to me that God might go out of His way to tempt me by deliberately providing opportunities for sin. Cherry has a whole section titled "The trouble with sin", which turns out to mean Stephen's perception that 'sin' is no longer a useful word - perhaps no longer a valid word. I could give other examples of what seemed to me "straw man" evidence and conclusions - suggesting that Cherry has an opinion and has sought relevant evidence to support it.
All that aside, it's a good read, especially if you like to have your thinking challenged. Glad I bought it. ( )