Sackcloth and Ashes: The Bloomsbury Lent Book 2014
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In the first Bloomsbury Lent book, former Conservative MP and Strictly star Ann Widdecombe explores the place of penance in a 'me, me, me' world.
What is our modern concept of penance? Is it giving up chocolates for Lent or is it a lasting state of the awareness of sin? Is it public or private? Is it punishment or greater closeness to God? Is it always a response to personal sin or can an individual do penance for others' sins, or for the world?
Ann Widdecombe looks at voluntary penance and its relation to repentance, at prescribed but not enforced penance as part of the sacrament of Absolution and, as an ex-Prisons Minister, at the role of penance as enforced by the State.
Penance in art, penance in literature, penance in history, penance in the Bible are all examined in an important and thoughtful meditation on the concept of penance in the 21st Century.
In the first Bloomsbury Lent book, former Conservative MP and Strictly star Ann Widdecombe explores the place of penance in a 'me, me, me' world.
First Bloomsbury Lent Book: a new series written by high profile authors not primarily associated with religion
Formerly an outspoken Conservative MP, Ann Widdecombe is now a best-selling novelist, columnist and TV personality, celebrated for her star turns on Strictly Come Dancing
Famous for her forthright views on everything from abortion to gay marriage, here she controversially explores penance in today's world, from voluntarily giving up chocolate for Lent to State-enforced capital punishment
Introduction
1 Penance? Me?
2 From Canossa To Chocolates
3 I Want To Do It
4 The Penance To End All Penance
5 Penance And The Law
6 Loving Our Neighbour
7 Doing Good: Pleasure Or Penance?
8 Lent
9 Lent And Doubt
10 The Joy Of Lent
11 Thanks Be It Is All Over
12 Penance After Death
- Title: Sackcloth and Ashes: The Bloomsbury Lent Book 2014
- Author: Ann Widdecombe
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Continuum
- Print Publication Date: 2013
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781408187180, 9781408187166, 1408187167, 1408187183
- Resource ID: LLS:9781408187180
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-05-12T10:28:39Z
For many years a forthright and high-profile MP, Ann Widdecombe is now as well-known for her star appearances on Strictly Come Dancing. A former Prisons Minister, she converted to Roman Catholicism in 1993. Countrywoman, columnist and best-selling author, she lives on Dartmoor.