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Walking Backwards to Christmas
Stephen Cottrell
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Description for Walking Backwards to Christmas
Paperback. Though the Christmas story is well known, most of us have learnt it from school nativity plays and carols. On the whole, this familiar version is more concerned with light than darkness. The backwards approach taken here allows the movement to be in the opposite direction, enabling us to get under the skin of a complex narrative. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HRCA; HRCG9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 152.
'Cottrell has a gift for inhabiting the most diverse perspectives . . . All are rendered in glorious physical language, a strange but apt mix of Scripture and modern idiom. The result is revelatory.' The Tablet Walking Backwards to Christmas gives you a new and grown-up perspective on the Nativity story you first encountered in school and church Nativity plays. Stephen Cottrell gets you back into the real meaning of the childhood story simply by telling it backwards; from where you are now, to where you need to be to really understand its truth and deeper purpose. On ... Read more
'Cottrell has a gift for inhabiting the most diverse perspectives . . . All are rendered in glorious physical language, a strange but apt mix of Scripture and modern idiom. The result is revelatory.' The Tablet Walking Backwards to Christmas gives you a new and grown-up perspective on the Nativity story you first encountered in school and church Nativity plays. Stephen Cottrell gets you back into the real meaning of the childhood story simply by telling it backwards; from where you are now, to where you need to be to really understand its truth and deeper purpose. On ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
SPCK Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
147g
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780281071470
SKU
V9780281071470
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Ref
99-11
About Stephen Cottrell
Stephen Cottrell is Archbishop of York, and was formerly Bishop of Chelmsford and Bishop of Reading. He has written widely about evangelism, spirituality and discipleship. Among his books are The Things He Carried (2008), The Things He Said (2009), The Things He Did (2016) and Christ in the Wilderness: Reflecting on the paintings by Stanley Spencer (2012).
Reviews for Walking Backwards to Christmas
Cottrell has a gift for inhabiting the most diverse perspectives . . . All are rendered in glorious physical language, a strange but apt mix of Scripture and modern idiom. The result is revelatory.
The Tablet
An action-packed 114 pages brings the "well-known" story to new life.
Methodist Recorder
The author's approach tilts the narrative on ... Read more
The Tablet
An action-packed 114 pages brings the "well-known" story to new life.
Methodist Recorder
The author's approach tilts the narrative on ... Read more