Making Confession, Hearing Confession: A History of the Cure of Souls
This engaging book on the practice of confession in the life of the church brings together historical and spiritual theology in a wonderful way. Annemarie Kidder shows how confession, rooted in the Scriptures and the great tradition of Christian faith through the ages, is still relevant for the life of faith today. Well researched and well written, we have here a welcomed resource for both academic theology and spiritual direction. --Timothy George, Founding Dean of Beeson Divinity School of Samford University, Senior Editor of Christianity TodayI was absolutely stunned on first reading Making Confession, Hearing Confession. Annemarie Kidder integrates the many expressions of the subject that honor the basic human need for disclosure, to respond to the hunger for forgiveness, ranging from confession to spiritual direction during these 2,000 years. She expertly discerns the common thread that keeps all these various ways recognizably coherent in their historical and theological underpinnings and their rootedness in the Gospel. I welcome this as a critical and timely gift for today's church its congregations and pastors. --Eugene H. Peterson, Professor Emeritus of Spiritual Theology, Regent College, Vancouver, B.C., Author of The Message