Description
| Product ID: | 9781786074416 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | A Field Guide to the English Clergy |
| Subtitle: | A Compendium of Diverse Eccentrics, Pirates, Prelates and Adventurers; All Anglican, Some Even Practising |
| Authors: | Author: The Revd Fergus Butler-Gallie |
| Page Count: | 192 |
| Subjects: | Biography: religious and spiritual, Biography: religious & spiritual, Religion: general, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Humour, Religion: general, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Humour |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating ‘A group biography of ecclesiastical nuttiness.’ The Times, Books of the Year 2018 A Book of the Year for The Times, Mail on Sunday and BBC History Magazine Judge not, lest ye be judged. This timeless wisdom has guided the Anglican Church for hundreds of years, fostering a certain tolerance of eccentricity among its members. Good thing, too. The ‘Mermaid of Morwenstow’ excommunicated a cat for mousing on a Sunday. When he was late for a service, Bishop Lancelot Fleming commandeered a Navy helicopter. ‘Mad Jack’ swapped his surplice for a leopard skin and insisted on being carried around in a coffin. And then there was the man who, like Noah’s evil twin, tried to eat one of each of God’s creatures… In spite of all this they saw the church as their true calling. After all, who cares if you''re wearing red high heels when there are souls to be saved? |
| Imprint Name: | Oneworld Publications |
| Publisher Name: | Oneworld Publications |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-10-04 |