William Law

Gebundenes Buch

The Spirit of Love and The Spirit of Prayer (Hardcover)

Beschreibung

The Spirit of Love and The Spirit of Prayer are two of William Law's best known texts for Christians seeking guidance on their faith and inspiration in their everyday lives. The first work takes the form of a dialogue between three men - Theogenes, Eusebius, and Theophilus, who discuss the nature of love in humanity. The trio discuss love in relation to the other human emotions and experiences, followed by the qualities of the love which man expresses to God his deity, and Jesus Christ as the Lord and savior of all men. To better understand the love of God, the three create many hypothetical scenarios involving the behavior of individuals. They also find agreement on what circumstances that love, and the associated phenomena of forgiveness, may arise. Frequent references made to holy scripture which the three conversation partners have at hand.

Autor

William Law, born in 1686, became a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1711, but in 1714, at the death of Queen Anne, he became a non-Juror: that is to say, he found himself unable to take the required oath of allegiance to the Hanoverian dynasty (who had replaced the Stuart dynasty) as the lawful rulers of the United Kingdom, and was accordingly ineligible to serve as a university teacher or parish minister. He became for ten years a private tutor in the family of the historian Edward Gibbon (who, despite his generally cynical attitude toward all things Christian, invariably wrote of Law with respect and admiration), and then retired to his native King's Cliffe. Forbidden the use of the pulpit and the lecture-hall, he preached through his books. These include Christian Perfection, the Spirit of Love, the Spirit of Prayer, and, best-known of all, A Serious Call To a Devout and Holy Life, published in 1728.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lulu.com
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 436g
• ISBN-13: 9781387900640
• ISBN-10: 1387900641
• Artikelnr.: 54316825