Heaven in Ordinary
George Herbert and His Writings
Edited by Philip Sheldrake
Paperback
Price: £16.99
Publisher:Canterbury Press imprint of Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd
Published:2009
ISBN:978-1-853-11948-4
GoodBookStall Review:
This book is a carefully structured, almost academic, celebration of the 17th century poet and cleric, George Herbert. Short explorations of his life and spirituality are followed by readings that illuminate, or are illuminated by, their context. Many of these are from Herbert’s best known works, poems from The Temple and prose extracts from The Country Parson. Heaven in Ordinary is a fascinating single volume companion to this great and rightly loved poet, whose life and writings together constitute one of the most beautiful strands in the evolution of a distinctively Anglican spirituality. * Notes by guest reviewer Linda Currin, Coventry
Reviewer: Steve Langford (06/10/09)
This book is a carefully structured, almost academic, celebration of the 17th century poet and cleric, George Herbert. Short explorations of his life and spirituality are followed by readings that illuminate, or are illuminated by, their context. Many of these are from Herbert’s best known works, poems from The Temple and prose extracts from The Country Parson. Heaven in Ordinary is a fascinating single volume companion to this great and rightly loved poet, whose life and writings together constitute one of the most beautiful strands in the evolution of a distinctively Anglican spirituality. * Notes by guest reviewer Linda Currin, Coventry
Reviewer: Steve Langford (06/10/09)
