The Art of Lent
Title | The Art of Lent PDF eBook |
Author | Sister Wendy Beckett |
Publisher | SPCK |
Total Pages | 134 |
Release | 2017-11-16 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0281078564 |
Join Sister Wendy on a journey through Lent, and discover the timeless wisdom to be found in some of the world’s greatest paintings. Illustrated in full colour with over forty famous and lesser-known masterpieces of Western art, this beautiful book will lead you into a deeply prayerful response to all that these paintings convey to the discerning eye. ‘For those who want to appreciate the spirituality behind some of the world’s greatest works of art, this book will be hugely inspiring – not only during Lent but at any time of the year.’ Dr Janina Ramirez, art historian and broadcaster
The Art of Lent
Title | The Art of Lent PDF eBook |
Author | Sister Wendy Beckett |
Publisher | SPCK |
Total Pages | 112 |
Release | 2017-11-16 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780281078554 |
This delightful book describes and interprets a series of paintings for each day of Lent. Artists often address subjects that our culture seeks to avoid, and Sister Wendy's brilliant and perceptive reflections will help you to read these paintings with a more discerning eye and encounter deeper levels of spiritual meaning than may at first appear.
Sackcloth and Ashes
Title | Sackcloth and Ashes PDF eBook |
Author | Ann Widdecombe |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Total Pages | 193 |
Release | 2013-11-07 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1408187183 |
What is our modern concept of penance? Is it giving up chocolates for Lent or is it a lasting state of the awareness of sin? Is it public or private? Is it punishment or greater closeness to God? Is it always a response to personal sin or can an individual do penance for others' sins, or for the world? Ann Widdecombe looks at voluntary penance and its relation to repentance, at prescribed but not enforced penance as part of the sacrament of Absolution and, as an ex-Prisons Minister, at the role of penance as enforced by the State. Penance in art, penance in literature, penance in history, penance in the Bible are all examined in an important and thoughtful meditation on the concept of penance in the 21st Century.
The Art of Holy Week and Easter
Title | The Art of Holy Week and Easter PDF eBook |
Author | Wendy Beckett |
Publisher | SPCK |
Total Pages | 108 |
Release | 2021-01-21 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0281085803 |
Brimming with Sister Wendy Beckett's irrepressible wisdom and enthusiasm, The Art of Holy Week and Easter is a beautiful Lent book for 2021 exploring the spiritual riches of some of the world's greatest paintings of the Passion and Resurrection of Jesus. Illustrated in stunning full colour with thirty famous and lesser-known Western masterpieces and presented in a small, easily portable format, this little book is ideal Lent reading for all art lovers. The Art of Holy Week and Easter offers a chance to hear again the voice of Sister Wendy as she gently leads you into a deeper appreciation of all that these paintings convey to the discerning eye. You'll gain a fuller and more spiritual understanding of Christian art, and see Holy Week and Easter as never before.
Looking Through the Cross
Title | Looking Through the Cross PDF eBook |
Author | Graham Tomlin |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Total Pages | 241 |
Release | 2013-11-07 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1408188481 |
Everything looks different in this world through the lens of the Cross. This book deals with reconciliation, humility, identity, power, suffering, life and atonement. These are familar themes for a Lent book but in Dr Tomlin's hands they are given exciting new meaning which will touch the hearts and minds of men and women in a turbulent modern world. Dr Tomlin is a theologian of the first rank, but he is also a writer with a keen pastoral commitment, celebrated for his common touch.
Abiding
Title | Abiding PDF eBook |
Author | Ben Quash |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Total Pages | 264 |
Release | 2013-01-17 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1441151117 |
Abide in me as I abide in you. As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love.
What to Give Up for Lent That's Not Chocolate
Title | What to Give Up for Lent That's Not Chocolate PDF eBook |
Author | Brenda Bogart |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | |
Release | 2021-08-15 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780578940762 |
A 40-day devotional reading through art, scripture, and the written word.