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The Mystery of Baptism in the Anglican Tradition
Contributor(s): Stevenson, Kenneth (Author)
ISBN: 1853111988     ISBN-13: 9781853111983
Publisher: Canterbury Press
OUR PRICE:   $25.74  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: October 2010
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Rituals & Practice - Sacraments
- Religion | Institutions & Organizations
Dewey: 264
Physical Information: 0.47" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.58 lbs) 224 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Christian
 
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The primal place of Christian belonging is at the font, yet what happens there - the words that are spoken and the symoblic actions that take place there - is understood in different ways. In a society that has become so secularised and distanced from its Christian roots, are the language and symbolism of the baptism rite sill meaningful and appropriate? As the church responds afresh to this question today, Kenneth Stevenson revisits a period in Anglican history that is rich in debate and controversy regarding the liturgy of baptism and in the writings of Richard Hooker, Lancelot Andrewes, George Herbert, Richard Baxter and other sixteenth and seventeenth-century divines, discovers practical and theological insights which have a direct bearing on many of the contemporary issues facing the Church today.