Grasping the heel of heaven
Subtitle: liturgy, leadership and ministry in today's church
By: edited by Aidan Platten
Contributors: Welby, Justin, 1956- writer of foreword
Publisher: Canterbury Press
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Norwich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
ISBN-13: 9781786220028
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Public worship; Liturgics; Church of England
Description: Grasping the Heel of Heaven honours the immense legacy to the church of Michael Perham. A skilled and imaginative liturgist, a passionate advocate of women's ministry, an inspirational dean and bishop, a wise and patient administrator, he was above all a faithful priest who loved the Church as the body of Christ. In all his ministry he sought to nourish that body by encouraging its worship and prayer and shaping its governance in the light of gospel ideals. In this volume, friends and colleagues bring their own expertise to reflect on some of the topics and themes that were most important to him, including:  being transported and transformed by liturgy; the making of Common Worship; the full inclusion of the ministry of women; how structures and decision-making express an understanding of God; nity despite differences in and through God; the gospel as good news for all. Together, the contributors reflect the numerous ways that Michael Perham saw heaven touching earth and earth glimpsing heaven.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface  -- the Archbishop of Canterbury [Justin Welby]; title: Introduction: Grasping the heel of heaven  -- Aidan Platten; title: Change by Consent : -- -- 1.; title: The national governance of the Church of England: a brief history  -- William Fittall -- 2. Bishops, laity and synods / -- Mark Chapman; title: Change through Worship. -- -- 3.; title: Historical research and modern Anglican worship  -- Paul F. Bradshaw -- 4.; title: A liturgical revolution  -- Stephen Platten -- 5.; title: Making "Common Worship": securing some underlying theologies  -- David Stancliffe -- 6.; title: 'Be born in our hearts': being transported and transformed by the liturgy  -- Tom Clammer; title: Change: including everyone -- -- 7.; title: On the complexities of defining the unity of the church: a historical reflection  -- Charlotte Methuen -- 8.; title: The journey that changed us  -- Paula Gooder -- 9.; title: Michael Perhap in the narrative of women in the church  -- Christina Rees -- 10.; title: Good news for all  -- Nicholas Holtam; title: Afterword -- Rachel Treweek