Wisdom of the Saints (and Near Saints): Christian Inspiration from Ambrose to Zwingli

by Daniel M. Harrell

Overview

Daniel M. Harrell, pastor and author, mines the riches of Christian history to tell us the stories of Church fathers and mothers, saints and some near saints. His short, engaging entries draw readers into the thoughts and experiences of many of the most beloved artists, poets, theologians, and authors of the centuries.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940016341231
Publisher:	Patheos Press
Publication date:	06/12/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	424 KB

About the Author

Daniel M. Harrell is Senior Minister of The Colonial Church, Edina, Minnesota. For 23 years he served as a minister at Park Street Church in Boston, Massachusetts. He is author of How To Be Perfect: One Church's Audacious Experiment in Living the Old Testament Book of Leviticus (FaithWords, 2011) and of Nature's Witness: How Evolution Can Inspire Faith (Abingdon, 2008). His articles have appeared in Christianity Today, The Christian Century as well as online at patheos.com, biologos.com and beliefnet.com. He lives in Minnesota with his wife and daughter.

Editorial Reviews

“Harrell’s meditations place each person firmly in historical context, while also calling forth the eternal verities and values that the saints (and near saints) offer to contemporary Christian pilgrims. The result is a book that is delightfully creative and rigorously honest, sometimes funny and other times melancholy, often intensely challenging and always profoundly gracious." -- Heather Curtis, Associate Professor of Religion, Tufts University

Patheos - Heather Curtis

"You'd think that some of the church fathers (and mothers) would come into the 21st century kicking and screaming, but in the masterful hands of Daniel Harrell, they come quite willingly. We have a lot to learn from these old saints, and this book is a great place to start learning from them."-- Tony Jones, theologian, blogger, and author of A Better Atonement: Beyond the Depraved Doctrine of Original Sin

Patheos - Tony Jones

“The wisdom of the Christian saints—those passionate, brilliant, broken, flawed people—has a much longer shelf life than most folks today would guess. These forebears of ours just need a communicator like Daniel Harrell to call them out of their musty past and allow them to speak again in their unique and irreplaceable voices. - Chris Armstrong, Director, Institute for Faith and Vocation, Wheaton College; Senior Editor, Christian History magazine; author of Patron Saints for Postmoderns

Patheos - Chris Armstrong

“Harrell's ability to turn a phrase and to connect the lives and doctrine of these great luminaries to the perennial questions of faith makes for an accessible and engaging read."- ~ Christian T. Collins Winn, Associate Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology, Chair of Biblical Studies Dept, Bethel University

Patheos - Christian Winn