Lavinia Byrne & Jane McBride
The Bible is a book of stories par excellence and is wholly
realistic about human nature.
Hero, Lover, Daughter, Queen retells ten timeless stories of
biblical characters who grappled with the reality of the human
condition and reached beyond themselves for understanding from
within the messy confines of lives like ours.
· Solomon - how to create your legacy;
· The lover in the Song of Songs - what makes you
beautiful?
· Goliath - what makes you strong?
· The paralytic man - where to find true
friendship;
· Jezebel - what it's like to be thrown to the
dogs;
and more.
Contemporary issues such as racism, the environment,
mental health and wellbeing come under the spotlight in this
imaginative book. In these striking stories we are offered a mirror
in which to see ourselves more clearly, find wisdom for our own
times, make better sense of our own experiences and insights for
navigating our way through today's complex world.
The Authors
Lavinia Byrne and Jane McBride
Lavinia Byrne is a writer and broadcaster with some twenty
published books on Christian spirituality. She worked at the
Institute of Spirituality, Heythrop College and co-edited the
Jesuit journal, The Way. She was also a tutor and lecturer at
Westcott House, Cambridge. Jane McBride is studying for a PhD in
theology at Leuven.
9781786225931 £12.99 Canterbury
Press 30th August 2024