Alan Billings: 3 books
Making God Possible
The task of ordained ministry present and future
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2011
What are clergy for? In this lively and provocative volume, Alan Billings argues that they serve the mission and ministry of the Church, which is to make God possible. In each new era, how to carry out this mission effectively will vary, as the Church seeks to respond to changes in society and culture,...
Lost Church
Why We Must Find It Again
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
In trying to understand the relationship of the British people to religion - specifically Christianity - we tend to say that people: believe - or do not; attend - or do not. The argument of Lost Church is that the majority of people do not really fit either of these categories. Rather, they 'belong'...
The Dove, the Fig-Leaf and the Sword
Why Christianity changes its mind about war
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
Why does the pacifist movement of the first few centuries so quickly become an organization that supports emperors and finds reasons for fighting? ? What leads the Church to formulate just war principles only to abandon them when in pursuit of heretics and infidels? ? What impact did two world wars...