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By viewing the rest of the world as lesser, both institutions have declined in global standing, now reduced to minor national players on the world stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReligious, social and political imperialism thrived on deprecating others, but those once marginalised have fought for equality and independence. Today, the worldwide Anglican Communion faces a new era of moral reckoning.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308595523957,"sku":"9781911723585","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781911723585_fa05c6cb-f7f0-4b7a-bb03-34f5418bea38.jpg?v=1786030479"},{"product_id":"9781853119866","title":"Darkness Yielding","description":"This rich resource of ready to use liturgies and reflections for the richest seasons of the Christian year sold out within a year. Its timeless qualities found a ready and eager readership among all looking for fresh inspiration for these annual celebrations. This new edition includes extra seasonal reflections from Rowan Williams and Martyn Percy, and a new liturgy for Maundy Thursday from Jim Cotter. In addition it offers: probing reflections by outstanding thinkers to inspire preaching and personal devotion, complete liturgies for a Christmas Eve vigil, Maundy Thursday foot washing and watch, a Good Friday devotional service, an Easter Eve vigil, a dawn celebration of the Resurrection, a set of meditations on the Stations of the Cross and the Seven Words from the Cross, and seven Good Friday addresses by WH Vanstone. Jim Cotter writes strikingly beautiful liturgies and was publisher of the successful Cairns Publications. Martyn Percy is the Principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon.Sylvia Sands is a writer who lives in the heart of Belfast.W H Vanstone wrote the spiritual classic Love's Endeavour Love's Expense. He died in 1999. Rowan Williams is the Archbishop of Canterbury.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308779909493,"sku":"9781853119866","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781853119866_fca5d95a-ce90-4f5c-9077-7d52000fc066.jpg?v=1786029335"},{"product_id":"9780718898236","title":"Faith in Secular Life","description":"Faith in Secular Life finds signals of transcendence in the most unlikely places. Drawing on film, novels, popular culture, music, sport and secular buildings, the Very Revd. Prof. Martyn Percy shows that the modern world teems with transcendent debris. He tracks how quotidian 'Implicit Religion' (a term coined by Edward Bailey, 1935-2015) reveals sacred currents lying just beneath the surface of 'secular' life. Following Bailey, Percy holds that the lens of Implicit Religion is essentially 'bifocal' in nature. It allows simultaneous focus on elements in the foreground and aspects which lie at a greater distance. Observing immediate, ordinary human activity against the more distant horizon of 'secularisation', Bailey's bifocal aperture brought the two together and placed them in a single framework for discussion.   However, whilst Implicit Religion was fundamentally about identifying people's commitments, Faith in Secular Life pursues the idea further to analyse specific areas of contemporary culture which would normally be seen as faithless. Individuals may be unconscious that their actions can be understood as 'religious', yet, Percy maintains, their participation remains saturated with sacredness and spirituality.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56368141762933,"sku":"9780718898236","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780718898236_b99143c2-3546-4b4a-8aae-aa2b09cf1c06.jpg?v=1786014728"},{"product_id":"9781800393493","title":"The Cost of Christian Living","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe gospels are full of references to coins, money, taxes, costs, pricing, wages, bribery and gambling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Cost of Christian Living\u003c\/em\u003e, Martyn Percy explores the different meanings and uses of money in the gospels. Through parables, miracles, and encounters, Martyn offers a unique perspective on the intersection of faith and finance, helping readers to engage in new ways with the stories of Jesus’ life and death. Ultimately, God’s economy is one formed through the currency of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncludes stories from Holy Week and discussion material suitable for Lent.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56368163062133,"sku":"9781800393493","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781800393493_6ce1cc4f-5d43-4036-b6ee-739e472a7502.jpg?v=1786033922"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-martyn-percy.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}