An Experiment in Providence by Timothy Jenkins

An Experiment in Providence by Timothy Jenkins

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Elucidates that paying attention to the world is a particular Christian calling. This title contains writings that are at the interface of the life of the Church and ordinary life, and reflect an apprenticeship as an Anglican priest, involving an exploration of the resources which the tradition offers, in order to confront certain problems.

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An Experiment in Providence by Timothy Jenkins

Paying attention to the world is a particular Christian calling, and one this author is well qualified to elucidate. These writings are at the interface of the life of the Church and ordinary life, and reflect an apprenticeship as an Anglican priest, involving an exploration of the resources which the tradition offers, in order to confront certain problems in the world. This is an era in which re-imagining the role of a priest is both important, and inescapably personal, and bound up with narrative. The ideas appear in response to particular questions and contexts, such as chaplaincy, village life, and working with clergy to understand their calling. Secular themes such as power, money, sex and time run through all the writing, as well as religious themes such as Scripture, liturgy, vocation, the place of the local church, and living a Christian Life.
Timothy Jenkins grew up in, and studied at Oxford, and worked as a social anthropologist in Oxford and in France. He studied for ordination at Ridley Hall, Cambridge, and served in the parish of Kingswood, in Bristol Diocese. He was Chaplain of Nottingham University and is now Dean and Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge.
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ISBN 13 9780281058037
ISBN 10 0281058032
Title An Experiment in Providence
Author Timothy Jenkins
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher SPCK Publishing
Year published 2006-07-22
Number of pages 160
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