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Art and the Beauty of God: A Christian Understanding
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In recent centuries, with the notable exception of Hans Urs von Balthasar, Christian theology has failed to find a proper place for beauty. The Bishop of Oxford, Richard Harries, shows how a biblical faith can give a key place to beauty, and he argues for a distinctively Christian approach to art that is also sensitive to the spiritual dimension ...
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After the Evil: Christianity and Judaism in the Shadow of the Holocaust
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The evil of the holocaust demands a radical rethink of the traditional Christian understanding of Judaism. This does not mean jettisoning Christianity's deepest convictions in order to make it conform to Judaism. Rather, Richard Harries develops the work of recent Jewish scholarship to discern resonances between central Christian and Jewish ...
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The Time of the Spirit: Readings Through the Christian Year
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George Every (Editor), Richard Harries (Editor), Kallistos Ware, Bishop (Editor)
An anthology of treasures found in the Roman Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican traditions.
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A Gallery of Reflections: The Nativity of Christ
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Richard Harries, Bishop of Oxford, brings together his love of art and his Christian faith in a book that takes readers deeper into the Christmas story.
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Prayer and the pursuit of happiness
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Reinhold Niebuhr and the issues of our time
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Abraham's Children: Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Converstaion
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Norman Solomon (Editor), Richard Harries (Editor), Tim Winter (Editor)
A collection of essays by leading scholars from the perspective of each faith addressing key issues which both divide and unite Jews, Christians and Muslims. The world today is only too painfully aware of the tension, suspicion and at times outright hostility that exists among followers of the three great monotheistic religions of Judaism, ...
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Revelation: The Apocalypse of St. John
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John Drane (Editor), Richard Harries (Foreword by)
The Revelation of St. John, otherwise known as The Apocalypse, is for many, the most fascinating book of the Bible. Its vivid images -- of gigantic angels, ghostly horsemen, multi-headed beasts, the bottomless pit, the battle of Armageddon, and the Last Judgement -- have directly inspired writers and artists such as Dante, Milton, Bunyan and Blake ...
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Christ is Risen
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God Outside the Box: Why Spiritual People Object to Christianity
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The Bishop of Oxford listens to and answers questions about God and Christianity from people of our time, when spirituality is widespread, but is often critical of religion and Christianity. He deals with such questions as: religion keeps people immature, Christianity is anti-life, religion is divisive and stuck in the past, closing with the ...
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The Passion in Art
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Jesus was not depicted on the cross until the early 5th century. Since then this scene has been painted or carved in sharply differing ways. With the aid of over 30 full-page plates, The Passion in Art explores the historical contexts and theologies which led to such differing depictions. Because the first Christians saw the crucifixion and ...
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Public Life and the Place of the Church: Reflections to Honour the Bishop of Oxford
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The work of Richard Harries, Bishop of Oxford from 1987 to 2006, has been highly distinctive for the consistency of its engagement with contemporary society. It represents a model of the Church which is outward-looking, a Church which is as ready to learn from others as it is to offer its own wisdom and resources. This book reflects on Richard ...
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Prayers of Grief and Glory P
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Richard Harries
Forty-five meditations from Radio 4's Today programme, showing the author's rare gift for getting straight to the heart of each subject.
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Promoting the Common Good: Bringing Economics and Theology Together Again
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Kamran Mofid, Marcus Braybrooke, Richard Harries (Foreword by)
Bringing together their expertise, an economist and a theologian reintroduce what has been lacking in the processes of economics and globalization: a moral and spiritual context.
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Real God
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Richard Harries, Bishop of Oxford
This text reasserts an understanding of and belief in an obejective God. At a time when post-modern assumptions are being made which challenge the integrity of a real God, this text offers the opportunity to explore new ways of thinking about God's relations to the world whilst avoiding more traditional images which often carry oppressive ...
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Being a Christian
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Turning to prayer
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C.S. Lewis : the man and his God
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Seasons of the spirit
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George Every, Richard Harries, Kallistos Ware
A Christian year portrayed in poetry and prose. The three editors - one Anglican, one Roman Catholic and one Orthodox - have brought together writings from their varied traditions, across many centuries to the present day.
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Morning has broken : thoughts and prayers from BBC radio 4's 'Today' programme
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Moral Tension: God and Our Decisions
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Throughout the course of a life time, people are constantly faced with decisions that must be made. Most remember the major decisions regarding work and relationships, but there are so many more small decisions made throughout the day, that in the end, could have a major impact on life. So on what basis, particularly if you are a Christian, does a ...
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Questioning Belief
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Richard Harries
In part one of this work, the author considers some potentially devastating objections to religious belief, as expressed in landmarks of modern literature, while part two examines some of the challenges faced by the Church as it relates Christian principles to the economic and social order.
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Christianity: Two Thousand Years
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Richard Harries (Editor), Henry Mayr-Harting (Editor)
Written by a team of top experts on the history of Christianity, this lucid and often witty book celebrates the highlights of two millennia of religious thought and practice. Each author describes Christianity's most fascinating contributions to the history of western civilization. The resulting book is one of different approaches to the different ...
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Cycling in the Lake District
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Praying the Eucharist
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