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OverviewThe New Monastic Movement is a vibrant source of renewal for the church's life and mission. Many involved in this movement have quoted Dietrich Bonhoeffer's conviction that the church must recover ancient spiritual disciplines if it is to effectively engage the powers that be. Melodies of a New Monasticism adopts a musical metaphor of polyphony (the combination of two or more lines of music) to articulate the way that these early Christian virtues can be woven together in community. Creatively using this imagery, this book draws on the theological vision of Bonhoeffer and the contemporary witness of George MacLeod and the Iona Community to explore the interplay between discipleship, doctrine, and ethics. A recurring theme is the idea of Christ as the cantus firmus (the fixed song) around which people perform the diverse harmonies of God in church and world, including worship, ecumenism, healing, peace, justice, and ecology. With a foreword by Rowan Williams Full Product DetailsAuthor: Craig Gardiner , Rowan WilliamsPublisher: SCM Press Imprint: SCM Press ISBN: 9780334057208ISBN 10: 0334057205 Pages: 340 Publication Date: 31 August 2018 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPermissions ix Foreword by Rowan Williams xi Acknowledgements xv Chapter 1: Introduction: The Melodies of George MacLeod and Dietrich Bonhoeffer Chapter 2: Mixing Metaphors and Making Melodies Chapter 3: Polyphonic Jesus: Cantus Firmus of Melody Making Chapter 4: Fragmented Epiphanies Chapter 5: Worldly Monasticism Chapter 6: The Colony of Heaven Chapter 7: Performing the Discipline of Counterpoint Chapter 8: Making Melodies in the Church: Three Movements Chapter 9: Making Melodies in the World: Three Movements Chapter 10: Cadenzas and Conclusions Appendix A The Rule of the Iona Community: As It Was until 2014 Appendix B The Rule of the Iona Community: As It Is from 2015ReviewsThis is a work of outstanding originality, a hugely fresh and far-reaching essay on Christian community. . . . Craig Gardiner is someone who will make a serious mark as a theologian of an unusual kind-someone with ample scholarly credentials but able to speak directly into the most pressing concerns of the contemporary church and its ambient society. It is an exhilarating study, whose richness will serve the sharing of the gospel and the vision of the Kingdom in all kinds of ways. -- Rowan Williams This fine study brings together two outstanding twentieth-century practitioners and theologians of community, its relevance, and its demands for Christianity in a world now tottering, politically and religiously, between authoritarian oppression and fragmenting pluralism. Vital insights emerge on what a new monasticism, of justice and peace no less than prayer, can look like; and thanks to Gardiner's use of Bonhoeffer's metaphor of `polyphony' it is as much artistic as theological, and a pleasure to read. -- Keith Clements Rejecting both the fallacy of the single, definitive voice and the cacophony of multiple voices reducing all to noise, this book is a profound theological reflection on polyphony grounded in Christ as a creative and active response to the greatest challenge facing Christians, and indeed all people of goodwill: whether and how we can love each other though we are different, and will remain different. -- Kathy Galloway Author InformationCraig Gardiner is Tutor of Christian Doctrine at the South Wales Baptist College and Honorary Senior Tutor, School of History, Archaeology and Religion, Cardiff University. He is a Baptist minister, amateur musician, and member of the Iona Community. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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