- Hardcover: 190 pages
- Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.; illustrated edition edition (26 Dec 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0826449913
- ISBN-13: 978-0826449917
- Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 15.8 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 621,419 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"This book has, for me, drawn together thoughts of encouragement. " -Father Patrick, Monos magazine
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In February 1984, David Jenkins received an invitation from then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, to become Bishop of Durham. His tenancy of the See was to become one of the most controversial in its history. He hit the headlines as the "unbelieving bishop" after his expositions of the Virgin Birth and the Resurrection. When York Minster was struck by lightning days after his consecration, his notoriety was assured. Now in retirement, he attempts to explain the man behind the controversy: how he came to his beliefs, why he became known as "a cuckoo in the establishment's nest", and how that continuing and deepening faith in God carried him through the height of the controversies and remains with him today.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Penetrating a deep mind,
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This review is from: The Calling of a Cuckoo (Paperback)
A beautiful book - vintage David Jenkins. At the same time it is an illuminating insight into what was going on for him during those turbulent years and an exploration of how Christianity can still work today - even in the face of a Church which can drive one so easily to atheism !
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent and truthful book,
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This review is from: The Calling of a Cuckoo (Paperback)
David Jenkins provides an honest and accessible introduction, via autobiography, to the developments in the Church which are confining it to a primitive worldview and ensuring its deserved destruction in the West. His analysis is accurate and incisive ; he does not mince his words.Highly recommended for those who want a greater insight into the menace of fundamentalism.
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Read this book alongside the reports about Capitalist Protesters encamped outside St Pauls and other Cathedrals. It is fresh and informative and in my view vindicates a much criticised Episcopate and an outstanding Bishop. You can see where I am coming from.......
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