and his books have been translated into eight languages

Allen finally separates the myths from the facts: the actual use of whips and the cilice

We can all engage with such longings – and wish these good things for the people we love

using the sort of things they find around the home and making the mistakes they all do on the first night - giving a fresh look at this two thousand year old story

are Card's paradigms because in them these key elements are writ large

God and the Gift: An Ecumenical Theology of Giving Stående kors and his books have beenGod and the Gift is the first systematic account of the theology of giving, receiving, and the gift. It employs material from the contemporary debate in the humanities (Mauss, Godbout, Derrida, Marion) and ecumenical theology (Lumen Gentium, Catholic Lutheran Joint Declaration, Anglican Catholic Gift of Authority, John Milbank, Dorothea Wendebourg, Margaret O'Gara) but is basically an original attempt to build an ecumenical theology of forgiveness,