Words for Life: Forty Meditations--Previously Unpublished

Description: Previously unpublished the forty sermons collected here were preached by Austin Farrer during his twenty-five years as chaplain of Trinity College Oxford (1935-60). Most of them were short biblical addresses given during Evensong and they are offered here for Farrer devotees and for a new generation of readers to savor. Endorsements: Austin Farrers many-sided gifts may be said to have been distilled in his preaching . . . Here are the learning the imagination the whimsical humor the originality the eloquence blended with a profound spirituality which made him so exceptional a character. The Times Literary Supplement The freshness of his approach and the simplicity of his profound understanding make his sermons a delight to read and a stimulation to further thought. Church of England Newspaper About the Contributor(s): Austin Farrer (1904-1968) was ordained an Anglican priest at Oxford where he served as chaplain and fellow of several colleges. He was warden of Keble College from 1960 until his death. Both a noted theologian and New Testament scholar Farrer was a member of the Oxford Christians conversing frequently with C. S. Lewis J. R. R. Tolkien Dorothy Sayers and T. S. Eliot. Charles Conti is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Sussex. Leslie Houlden is Professor of Theology at Kings College London.