Bøker av Ann Loades

Ann Loades is one of the most significant figures in contemporary theology, becoming the first female President of the Society for the Study of Theology and one of only two people ever to be awarded a CBE for services to theology. Grace and Glory in One Another's Faces is a collection of her best sermons given in cathedrals, college chapels, parish churches and ecumenical contexts around the UK and abroad.Many engage the lectionary readings for Sundays in the Christian year, exploring the seasons as well as the texts set before the church. Others make accessible the legacy of figures from different eras: Francis of Assisi, Ignatius of Loyola, Martin Luther and John Wycliffe through to influential twentieth-century Christians. There is a leaning to influential women in Christian history, thus introducing readers not only to engagements with scripture but reformers of Christian worship, of social practice, and of patterns and possibilities for Christian discipleship.Also included are two essays that illumine Ann's sacramental understanding of worship and preaching.

My Theology:The world's leading Christian thinkers explain some of the principal tenets of their theological beliefs.'Discovering theology came about by pure accident,' writes Ann Loades, one of the most distinguished theologians of our time - only the second person to be awarded a CBE for 'services to theology'.The Serendipity of Life's Encounters charts the particular challenges facing a schoolgirl of the 1950s attracted to the possibility of going to university to read Theology, and her fascinating subsequent path to becoming the first woman to be given a personal Chair at the University of Durham.Pertinent themes explored include women in theology, worship, engagement with actual living, biography and theology in various writers.

Explorations in Twentieth-Century Theology and Philosophy is a collection of studies of the thought of Evelyn Underhill, Dorothy L. Sayers, C. S. Lewis, Austin Farrer, Simone Weil, and others by a leading contemporary theologian.

This unique anthology of Christian spirituality draws on the experiences and reflections of six contemporary writers. From the perspective of the late twentieth century, and from very different Christian traditions, they explore our relationship with God and with one another.

This reader samples a wide range of modern moral and religious discussions on the subject of war and peace. It looks at pacifism, the just war debate, the nuclear option, genocide, and the concept of a holy war. It also introduces general issues in ethics and moral theology.

This reader brings together modern material from a wide range of Christian theologians on the meaning and status of the doctrine of creation; its relation to scientific theories, our understanding of God and the theology of redemption; and its implications for our attitude to the world of nature.

This timely selection of readings represents the work of some of the best and most influential writers the Christian feminist movement has produced--both in Britain and America. With its helpful introduction and editorial commentary it will be warmly welcomed by all who wish to be better informed about the wide range of key theological issues...

Bringing together material on the meaning and status of divine action, this text features topics that include: locating God's action, images of divine control, human freedom in relation to providence and grace, the nature and evidence of miracle, prayer and pain, answers to prayer and the experience of grace.

This reader samples a wide range of modern theological, religious and philosophical discussion on the problem of evil, understood both in terms of the practical or spiritual problem of coping with evil, and the theological problem of explaining its presence in God's world.

This reader brings together carefully selected material from a wide range of authors on the relationships between science, religion and theology. It samples the recent literature on the challenges to religion posed by both modern physics and evolutionary biology as well as exploring the relationship between scientific and theological approaches.