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Though little can be known with certainty about the historical Jesus, the image of a heavenly figure – `Christ crucified and risen’ – was constructed out of his life and teachings. This vision of divine reality transcends traditional Hebrew poetic thought, retaining its ancient power in the context of our new understanding of a vast and evolving cosmos. In order to help us form a truly contemporary Christian spirituality, Keith Ward (writing in our own time and place rather than, for example, in the 4th century like St Augustine, the 14th like Julian of Norwich, the 16th like Ignatius of Loyola, or the 20th like Thomas Merton) offers a set of reflections on what he believes to be the unique and life-transforming revelation of God in the person of Jesus Christ. And as we explore the spiritual truths relating to this mystery as expressed in the Gospels, meditation leads naturally to prayer.

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Keith Ward has long represented some of the most distinctive traditions of British theology at its best - a strong and lucid philosophical basis, a keen and informed engagement with natural science and a style of relaxed clarity which makes complex matters readily accessible. -- Rowan Williams, Master of Magdalen College, Cambridge [On THE WORD OF GOD?] This book is a feast of good things * Methodist Recorder * Professor Ward's impassioned contribution to the debate on the authority of scripture . . . is bound to infuriate and delight in equal numbers * Publishing News * [On CHRISTIANITY: A GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED] Useful, informative and inspiring * The Tablet * These 50 short chapters . . . wear their scholarly competence lightly * Church Times * [On THE PROMISE] Keith Ward convincingly shows how weak the fundamentalist case is when it comes to Scripture * thegoodbookstall * It is good to see a distinguished theologian leading us through thinking to praying and the inclusion of prayers at the end of each section turns apologetics into meditation . . . Ward's prayers are personal and heartfelt [and] affirms a variety of approaches -- Keith Ward * Reform Magazine *

Keith Ward has long represented some of the most distinctive traditions of British theology at its best - a strong and lucid philosophical basis, a keen and informed engagement with natural science and a style of relaxed clarity which makes complex matters readily accessible. - Rowan Williams, Master of Magdalen College, Cambridge;Professor Ward's impassioned contribution to the debate on the authority of scripture . . . is bound to infuriate and delight in equal numbers - Publishing News.

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Keith Ward, FBA is Professorial Research Fellow at Heythrop College, London. He was formerly Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford and is one of the world's most distinguished theologians.

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