Glorious Companions: Five Centuries of Anglican SpiritualityWm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2002 M12 20 - 360 pages This wonderful compendium of religious biographies offers a look inside the hearts and minds of significant shapers of Anglican spirituality over the past five centuries -- Thomas Cranmer, John Donne, George Herbert, John Wesley, Dorothy Sayers, C. S. Lewis, Madeleine L'Engle, and many more. Covering twenty-nine of the most influential Anglican figures from the sixteenth century to the present, Richard H. Schmidt deftly chronicles their lives and work while capturing at the same time the deep personal faith that they have managed to communicate so powerfully to the rest of the world. These icons of the Christian faith include not only bishops and scholars but also housewives, poets, novelists, and teachers. Each chapter contains a brief biographical sketch of its subject, a selection of short, representative quotations from his or her writings, and several questions for reflection and discussion. Written in a personable style that brings readers into direct contact with some of the church's most admired witnesses, Glorious Companions will be valued both as a collection of insightful biographical information and as a lasting source of inspiration. |
Contents
Introduction | viii |
THOMAS CRANMER 14891556 Father of the Prayer Book | 1 |
JOHN JEWEL 15221571 First Anglican Apologist | 12 |
RICHARD HOOKER 15541600 Definitive Anglican | 21 |
LANCELOT ANDREWES 15551626 Private Devotions | 34 |
JOHN DONNE 15731631 He Dueled with Death | 47 |
GEORGE HERBERT 15931633 Poet Parson | 58 |
JEREMY TAYLOR 16131667 Loyalist | 71 |
FREDERICK DENISON MAURICE 18051872 Citizen of the Kingdom | 185 |
WILLIAM PORCHER DUBOSE 18361918 Rebel with a Cause | 196 |
CHARLES GORE 18531932 Liberal or Conservative? | 208 |
VIDA BUTTON SCUDDER 18611954 She Dreamt of a New World | 220 |
ROLAND ALLEN 18681947 Missionary to the Missionaries | 231 |
EVELYN UNDERHILL 18751941 Guide in the Life of Prayer | 242 |
WILLIAM TEMPLE 18811944 Philosopher Prelate | 253 |
DOROTHY L SAVERS 18931957 Whimsical Apologist | 266 |
THOMAS TRAHERNE 16371674 Champion of Felicity | 83 |
WILLIAM LAW 16861761 Commando in the Chapel of Ease | 94 |
JOSEPH BUTLER 16921752 The Thinking Mans Bishop | 105 |
JOHN WESLEY 17031791 Outside Agitator | 116 |
CHARLES WESLEY 17071788 Skylark | 127 |
SAMUEL JOHNSON 17091784 Spiritual Gladiator | 141 |
HANNAH MORE 17451833 More than Lady Bountiful | 152 |
CHARLES SIMEON 17591836 Pulpit Revolutionary | 163 |
JOHN KEBLE 17921866 Herald of Revival | 174 |
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Andrewes Anglican authority believe Bible biblical bishop bless C. S. Lewis century Charles Wesley Christian faith Church of England clergy Cranmer creeds death Desmond Tutu Devotions divine doctrine Donne Dorothy Sayers Dozier DuBose essay eternal experience Festo Kivengere give glory God's gospel grace hath heart heaven Herbert Holy Spirit Hooker human hymns Incarnation Jesus Christ John John Jewel Johnson Keble king Kivengere L'Engle Lancelot Andrewes living Lord Madeleine L'Engle Maurice means mind ministry missionary moral mystical nature never ordained Oxford Oxford Movement parish person pray prayer preaching priest Protestant question reason REFLECTION AND DISCUSSION religion religious revealed Richard Hooker Roland Allen sacraments salvation Sayers scripture Scudder Sermon Simeon sins social soul story teaching Temple thee theological things Thomas Cranmer Thomas Traherne thou tion tradition Traherne truth Tutu Underhill understanding unto Wesley Wesley's word worship writing wrote