How can Christianity touch the imagination of our contemporaries when ever fewer people in the West identify as religious? Timothy Radcliffe argues we must show how everything we believe is an invitation to live fully. God says: 'I put before you life and death: choose life'. Anyone who understands the beauty and messiness of human life - novelists, poets, filmmakers and so on - can be our allies, whether they believe or not. The challenge is not today's secularism but its banality. We accompany the disciples as they struggle to understand this strange man who heals, casts out demons and offers endless forgiveness. In the face of death, he teaches them what it means to be alive in God. Then he embraces all that afflicts and crushes humanity. Finally, Radcliffe explores what it means for us to be alive spiritually, physically, sacramentally, justly and prayerfully. The result is a compelling new understanding of the words of Jesus: 'I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.'

Timothy Radcliffe considers the strength of the Christian imagination in its ability inspire others.

About the Author
Timothy Radcliffe is a former Master of the Dominican Order. Educated at Oxford and Paris, he joined the Dominicans in 1965, and taught scripture at Blackfriars, Oxford, for many years. His bestselling books published by Bloomsbury include What is the Point of Being a Christian?, Why Go to Church? and I Call You Friends. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Oxford and is an itinerant preacher and lecturer.

Reviews
This is a book that contains all the wonder, beauty, mess and agony of being alive today. * SLG Press *



Book Information
ISBN 9781472970206
Author Timothy Radcliffe
Format Paperback
Page Count 432
Imprint Bloomsbury Continuum
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 459g