Loosening the Roots of Compassion - Meditations for Holy Week and Eastertide

Informationen zum Autor Ellen BradshawAitken is associate professor of early Christian history and literature at McGill University, as well as an Episcopal priest. She is the author of Jesus' Death in Early Christian Memory and of numerous articles on the New Testament and early Christian life and worship. She is currently president of the Anglican Association of Biblical Scholars. She resides in Montreal, Quebec. Klappentext The guiding principle of the meditations is that the contemplation of Jesus' suffering, death, and resurrection 'loosens' the roots of compassion within our own hearts. Zusammenfassung The guiding principle of the meditations is that the contemplation of Jesus' suffering! death! and resurrection 'loosens' the roots of compassion within our own hearts.

Product details

• Authors: Ellen Bradshaw Aitken, Aitken Ellen Bradshaw
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.03.2006
• EAN: 9781561012442
• ISBN: 978-1-56101-244-2
• No. of pages: 100
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / General, Christianity, Christian worship, rites & ceremonies, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals