Saints of the Anglican Calendar by Kathleen Jones

Saints of the Anglican Calendar by Kathleen Jones

The Saints of the Anglican Calendar introduces us to the 232 men and women who are commemorated in the Common Worship Calendar. Nearly five hundred years after the Reformation, the Church of England is coming to a fuller appreciation of the saints, and their contribution to our spiritual heritage. Medieval accounts of saints' lives were often marred by confitsion and contradictory oral traditions, the writers' desire to tell an edifying story, and the exploitation of the commercial opportunities of pilgrim shrines. Embellished with improbable miracles and unlikely legends, these accounts made the saints seem remote and unbelievable figures, but recent theological scholarship has cleared away the accretions of centuries, enabling us to see the saints as real people who faced up to the challenge of living out the Christian faith, often in conditions of great difficulty or danger - and who made mistakes like everyone else. This lively and informative volume presents the experience of men and women from the days of the early Church to modern times - people from many walks of life, including some from other Christian traditions. They represent the 'great cloud of witnesses' who enrich our understanding of the Christian faith, endow us with a legacy of two thousand years of Christian values in action, and inspire us to walk faithfully in the way of Christ.

Jones, Kathleen: - KATHLEEN JONES was born and brought up on a hill farm in Cumbria and still lives in the English Lake District with her partner, sculptor Neil Ferber. She has been writing since she was a child and has published seventeen books including seven biographies, a novel and a collection of poetry. She lived for ten years in Africa and the Middle East, where she worked for the Qatar Broadcasting Corporation. Since then she has written extensively for BBC radio and contributed to several television documentaries. Kathleen was appointed as a Royal Literary Fund Fellow in 2007. Her recent biography, 'Katherine Mansfield: The Storyteller' was published by Penguin NZ and Edinburgh University Press in 2010. She has also written two novels, 'The Sun's Companion' and 'The Centauress'. Her latest collection of poetry 'Not Saying Goodbye at Gate 21', published by Templar Poetry, won the 2011 Straid Award. Her most recent book is a travel memoir, 'Travelling to the Edge of the World', documenting a visit to the remote islands of Haida Gwaii on an environmental quest. Although she is best known for her award-winning biographies, she has also published poetry, feature articles and short fiction in a variety of national and international magazines and newspapers. Her short stories have been broadcast on BBC Radio and on radio networks in Holland, Germany and Spain. As a journalist Kathleen has written articles and reviews for the Independent, the Guardian, the Daily Express, and the TLS, as well as magazines such as SHE and Cosmo.

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ISBN 13	9781853113758
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Title	Saints of the Anglican Calendar
Author	Kathleen Jones
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Canterbury Press Norwich
Year published	2000-12-01
Number of pages	384
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