Our Sound is Our Wound: Contemplative Listening to a Noisy World -- The Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent Book 2010

by Lucy Winkett

Overview

This book is a meditation on how we listen for the voice of God within the soundscapes of our lives, and how we find our own voice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826439215
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	02/03/2010
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Lucy Winkett is Rector-designate of St James's Piccadilly. She was formerly Canon Precentor of St Paul's Cathedral, with particular responsibility for music and liturgy. Before ordination, she trained as a soprano, and lived in a L'Arche community. She is a founding adviser for the public theology thinktank Theos and combines her cathedral ministry with chairing the governors of a new Church of England Academy in North London, leading retreats, and speaking and writing on culture, gender and religion. She is a contributor to BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day.

Table of Contents

Foreword by the Archbishop of CanterburyIntroduction
Chapter One: The Sound of Scripture
Chapter Two: The Sound of Lament
Chapter Three: The Sound of FreedomChapter Four: The Sound of Resurrection
Chapter Five: The Sound of the Angels
Chapter Six: Our Sound is Our Wound
Acknowledgements