The Faber Book of Church and Clergy Edited by A. N. Wilson (LP318)

Published 1992: First Edition / Hardcover / Very Good Condition

Original black cloth with gilt titles on the spine and original pictorial dust jacket. 382 very clean and bright pages, previous owners details on the first free page. Slight shelf wear on dust jacket consistent with age. (LP318)

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In The Faber Book of Church and Clergy, A. N. Wilson answers hundreds of questions about the church and clergy, including the likes of: What is a Mark of the Beast waistcoat? Why did John Milton hate bishops? How does a Monsignor tear his postage stamps? And what does a congregation do when the Vicar announces that he is God?

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This anthology answers questions which range from fragments of Church history to reflections on architecture, from scenes of parochial life to serious theology, from saints like George Herbert to eccentrics like the Vicar of Stiffkey. Ever since the arrival of the first Christian missionaries in Britain, the Church has been inextricably woven into the fabric of national life. Authors as diverse as the Veneral Bede and Tony Benn, Margery Kempe and Stevie Smith, W.E. Gladstone and Thomas Hardy are included in this anthology. There are a total of 20 chapters on subject as diverse as clergy wives, monks and nuns, preaching, clothes, pilgrimages and controversy.

What is a Mark of the Beast waistcoat? Why did John Milton hate bishops? How does a Monsignor tear his postage stamps? And what does a congregation do when the Vicar announces that he is God?

These and a hundred similar questions are answered by this anthology, which ranges from fragments of church history to reflections on architecture, from scenes of parochial life to serious theology, from saints like George Herbert to eccentrics like the Vicar of Stiffkey. Google Books...