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Expository Times | 1993
David Atkinson
happens after the sermon is delivered and a call constantly to seek ways of improving our preaching, for it is still the sermon which has most appeal to congregations. Perhaps everything is a little too organized, but the preacher who pays heed to the many tips offered by the Dean will be well on the way to becoming an effective preacher. The book was originally published by Churchman Publishing in 1990, but can now be obtained from The Deanery, Lemon Street, Truro, Cornwall TR 1
Expository Times | 1989
David Atkinson
other explores new and exciting byways, and takes the reader into rich and fruitful pastures. Dying, Yet We Live: Our response to the spiritual needs of the dying by Paul Chidwick (Anglican Book Centre [1988],
Expository Times | 1986
David Atkinson
6.95, pp. 109, ISBN 0-919891-91-8) offers practical suggestions for those who care for the dying and examines the role of spirituality together with various pastoral aspects of palliative care. How does the pastoral caregiver relate to the rest of the team? Is spiritual care a specialty reserved for one professional group, or is it a shared concern? What are the boundaries of pastoral care, and where does it overlap with other disciplines? The author attempts to respond to such questions as these. The whole purpose of palliative care is seen as providing
Expository Times | 1985
David Atkinson
bray (1985], £4.75, pp. 146, ISBN 0-264-66902-9) is a comprehensive, up-to-date and useful guide to Anglican Ministry. Canon Browning has been Director of ordinands for many years in the Diocese of Oxford and has tried to write a detailed, honest and informative guide. He deals with Origins, Development, The Ministry Today, Selection, Training, Ordination and Post-Ordination Training, NonStipendary Ministry and the ministries of Women and Readers. Here is information about the details of
Expository Times | 1985
David Atkinson
which is very much a tract for the times. Sensing that there is no clear-cut candidate to dominate the christological scene, he offers us an interpretation of the classical images, concepts or models which previous generations have found to be the media of Christian faith, obedience and devoted understanding. The images which Dr Chesnut has chosen look therefore somewhat traditional sacrifice, Messiah, the Word of God. the Vision of God, the Humanity of Christ, the Divine Man, the Redeemed Humanity, the Easter faith but his treatment of these themes is far from stereotyped. He brings a scholar’s gift to deft portrayals of the way in which classical theology has developed each of these images at different points in the church’s history; but invariably he earths his historical recital in
Expository Times | 1985
David Atkinson
which is very much a tract for the times. Sensing that there is no clear-cut candidate to dominate the christological scene, he offers us an interpretation of the classical images, concepts or models which previous generations have found to be the media of Christian faith, obedience and devoted understanding. The images which Dr Chesnut has chosen look therefore somewhat traditional sacrifice, Messiah, the Word of God. the Vision of God, the Humanity of Christ, the Divine Man, the Redeemed Humanity, the Easter faith but his treatment of these themes is far from stereotyped. He brings a scholar’s gift to deft portrayals of the way in which classical theology has developed each of these images at different points in the church’s history; but invariably he earths his historical recital in
Expository Times | 1984
David Atkinson
and Conzelmann for his discussion of ’eschatological existence’ in the Synoptic Gospels. He describes St Paul’s understanding of Christian freedom in a chapter headed ’Revisioning the bases of human life.’ All this is of interest, and though necessarily selective is a valuable summary of various approaches to some of the biblical ethical material. In the last chapter, we are ready for the threads to be drawn together and some bridges built. This, to be sure, is Ogletree’s aim. What we have, however, is a set of rather generalized summary comments on eschatology and a rather too brief attempt to relate a biblically informed ethic to the philosophical positions discussed earlier. The chapter’s main value is as
Expository Times | 1984
David Atkinson
The main thesis proposed is that man is a unity of body and mind; his correct description must thereforte do justice to both these aspects. But as one explores the various philosophies, one finds the tug-of-war between these concepts continually getting out of balance. Thus, Jaki takes Descartes to task for too readily transforming man into pure mind thereby making him into a kind of angel. On the other hand, those under the influence of Darwinian evolution tend to reduce man to the level of mere ape. Jaki maintains that such simplifications whether brought about by reductionism, idealism, or materialism will not suffice. The true nature of unconquerable man lies in his being an agglomerate of matter unified by purpose embodied in the mind. Admittedly a long-standing traditional conclusion, but one the author reaffirms with skilful advocacy. RUSSELL STANNARD
Expository Times | 1983
David Atkinson
The National Council for Social Aid is a Church of England body concerned with some current social issues. The Report Christians and Gambling (Mowbray [1983], f2-95, pp. 85, ISBN 0-264-66977-0) describes the gambling scene very clearly, explores sympathetically the many reasons why people gamble in the many ways available, and then discusses a broadly Christian reaction. It is designed more for general discussion and study than for material to use in urging changes in government policy or legislation, so there is a ’chatty’ style to it all. Its discussion about the nature of Christian ethical decision-making is rather odd in that it asserts that a ’hunch’ (built on sound knowledge of the facts and thoughtful theological reflection) is the authentic Christian moral feeling. It then skirts round the old question of whether or not gambling is inherently wrong, thereby avoiding much of the interesting writing of, say, Temple or Peter Green or Benson Perkins. But it ends up in fairly genial spirit, claiming that many trivial forms of gambling are innocuous or possibly of slight positive value; other forms are dangerous and ’must be stopped’. But these are very loosely described. The result is a report which avoids the nineteenth-century moralizings and condemnations, but is perhaps a trifle too vague about both ethics and the action which Christians ought to be taking. RICHARD G. JONES
Expository Times | 1982
David Atkinson
The Making of Disciples by Enda McDonagh (Gill & Macmillan (1982], L8 50, pp. 221, ISBN 7171-1256X) is a wide-ranging survey by a Catholic theologian . seeking to reintegrate moral and dogmatic theology. He gently dismisses those whose concerns ’range little beyond sexuality, bioethics and a touch of war’. The theological exploration of discipleship has wider parameters than these. McDonagh speaks of the changing emphases in Catholic technology since Vatican II. He sees liturgical worship as a primary source of moral understanding and sensitivity, and insists that moral analysis makes sense for the Christian only within the context of prayer and personal commitment to Christ. He also speaks movingly of the Christ who befriends the outcast, and who suffers in and with his people. McDonagh’s personal concerns focus on social and political morality, and he warns that too much of our moral analysis ’reduces to rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic’. Since the effective witness of the
