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Description
Each sermon is introduced by a short note on the preacher and his time and a contemporary prayer is added at the end. The sermons range from hell fire to profound spiritual comfort. John Knox`s sermon castigates the monstrous regiment of women, Bossuet preaches on the love of God and Martin Luther King on his dream of the Promised Land.Some sermons are familiar as are many of the authors but the book is also packed with surprises- including sermons by Herman Melville, Laurence Sterne and Thomas Aquinas. This unique book will edify, delight and amuse. It is also of quite exceptional historical interest.
Table of Contents
1. Peter the Apostle • Prayer: The end in view
2. John Chrysostom • Prayer for the Virgin's intercession, fourth century; Extract from an ancient homily for Holy Saturday: Christ's descent into the underworld; God's protection by St. Patrick
3. St. Augustine • Night prayer by Alcuin
4. Aelfric • Prayer: Watch over me by St. Dunstan
5. St. Bernard • Prayer: Come, Creator Spirit; Sermon notes by Thomas Aquinas for the feast of St. Bartholomew the Apostle; Prayer of giving by St. Francis of Assissi; Private devotions
6. The Homilies • Prayer: Patience works
7. Lancelot Andrewes • Morning prayer by Lancelot Andrewes)
8. John Donne • Prayer: The call by George Herbert
9. Jeremy Taylor • Prayer from the Book of Common Prayer
10. John Bunyan • Help for prisoners: Prayer after sentence of death by John Gother
11. Jonathan Swift • Prayer: Melancholy by Christopher Smart
12. Jonathan Edwards • A prayer found in Mrs. Chapone's handwriting after her death from Hester Chapone
13. John Wesley • A prayer that may easily be said by a woman in the state of pregnancy by Richard Challoner
14. Laurence Sterne • Prayer by Charles Wesley
15. Sydney Smith • Prayer: Gunpowder treason by John Keble
16. John Henry Newman • Prayer by Gerard Manley Hopkins
17. Charles Spurgeon • Prayer to Mary by Ronald Knox
18. Martin Luther King, Jr. • Prayer: Jesus by Mother Teresa
19. H. A. Williams • Prayer: Extract from a sermon by Billy Graham, California, 1974; Prayer for murderers by Bishop Dehqani-Tafti
20. Pope John Paul II
Product details
Published | 07 Jan 2004 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 224 |
ISBN | 9780826470973 |
Imprint | Continuum |
Dimensions | Not specified |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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"There is certainly plenty of magnificent stuff here"--The Tablet, February 16, 2002
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" . . . there is much to nourish mind and heart, intellect and will - gourmet morsels for the erudite and good staples for the rest of us . . . a delightful book of perceptive, sharp sermons: they inspire and rasp, rebuke and enchant." --The Spectator, February 9, 2002
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"A fascinating collection which illuminates, informs and even amuses." --Methodist Recorder, 25 April 2002
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"An elegantly produced 200-page hardback...the passages are substantial, and many of the sermons complete...this book would make a thoughtful gift." --The Church Times