Explorations in Twentieth-century Theology and Philosophy

People Preoccupied with God

By (author) Ann Loades Edited by Stephen Burns

Publication date:

11 April 2023

Publisher

Anthem Press

Dimensions:

229x153mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781785278587

Ann Loades has been instrumental in bringing forward for the attention of readers in later generations “voices from the past,” notably highlighting the work of pioneering women such as Evelyn Underhill and Dorothy L. Sayers as well as advancing the study of better-known Anglican forebears C. S. Lewis and Austin Farrer—always with her own distinctive concerns. A key interpreter of the Anglican tradition and with a keen eye to ensure the full recognition of women, these studies by Ann Loades are essential reading in Anglican, feminist, and twentieth-century theology.

A Personal Note Stephen Burns; Foreword Simon Oliver; Introduction: The Grace of Intelligence Stephen Burns; One Evelyn Underhill (1875–1941): Mysticism and Worship; Two Evelyn Underhill: As Novelist – Exploring Mysticism; Three Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957): War and Redemption; Four Dorothy L. Sayers: Are Women Human? Considering Dante’s Beatrice; Five C. S. Lewis (1898–1963): On Gender; Six C. S. Lewis: On Grief; Seven Austin Farrer (1905–1968): Love Almighty and Ills Unlimited; Eight Austin Farrer: And Friends; Nine Simone Weil (1909–1943): Resistance and Writing; Ten Simone Weil: Eucharistic Sacrifice – Exploring a Metaphor; Eleven Stephen Sykes (1939–2014) and Colleagues: Exploring the Problematic Legacy of Power; Afterword: The Passionate Intellect of Ann Loades Robert MacSwain; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; Contributors; Index

"This brilliant and passionate book weaves the lives and voices of Christian women from the twentieth century - Evelyn Underhill, Dorothy Sayers, Helen Waddell and others - whose voices need to be heard through the bloodshed of the two world wars informing a tradition of Anglican theology expressed in the work of such theologians as Austin Farrer, Donald Mackinnon, Michael Ramsey, the silencing of which has had dire consequences for our present Church and its episcopacy" — The Revd Canon Professor David Jasper DD FRSE, Emeritus Professor - University of Glasgow, Honorary Professorial Research Fellow - University of Glasgow, UK; Associate Editor, International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church.