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If you meet George Herbert on the road-- kill him [electronic resource] : radically rethinking priestly ministry / Justin Lewis-Anthony.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : Mowbray, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 248 p.)ISBN:
  • 9781441169921 (electronic bk.)
  • 144116992X (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: If you meet George Herbert on the road-- kill him.DDC classification:
  • 253.0942 22
LOC classification:
  • BX5175 .L49 2009eb
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Contents:
Acknowledgements; Part 1: Death to Herbertism; Part 2: Herbertism Habilitated; Part 3: The KGH Method; 15 Afterword: Standing by Herbert's grave; Appendix: A Rule of Life; Notes; Bibliography; Index;
Summary: Priestly ministry in the Church of England needs a radical rethink.... George Herbert died in 1633. His legacy continues. His poems are read and sung, and his parish ministry remains the model for the Church of England's understanding of how and where and why its priests should minister. But there is a problem. The memory of Herbert celebrated by the Church is an inaccurate one, and, in its inaccuracy, is unfair on Herbert himself and his successors in the ordained ministry. This is a book of the long view. It sets out to assess realistically the context of Herbert's life and to explore the diff
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-242) and index.

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Acknowledgements; Part 1: Death to Herbertism; Part 2: Herbertism Habilitated; Part 3: The KGH Method; 15 Afterword: Standing by Herbert's grave; Appendix: A Rule of Life; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Priestly ministry in the Church of England needs a radical rethink.... George Herbert died in 1633. His legacy continues. His poems are read and sung, and his parish ministry remains the model for the Church of England's understanding of how and where and why its priests should minister. But there is a problem. The memory of Herbert celebrated by the Church is an inaccurate one, and, in its inaccuracy, is unfair on Herbert himself and his successors in the ordained ministry. This is a book of the long view. It sets out to assess realistically the context of Herbert's life and to explore the diff

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