The Astonished Heart: Reclaiming the Good News from the Lost-And-Found of Church History

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Author: Robert Farrar Capon
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The Astonished Heart: Reclaiming the Good News from the Lost-And-Found of Church History by Capon, Robert Farrar

The Astonished Heart: Reclaiming the Good News from the Lost-And-Found of Church History

$35.13

The Astonished Heart: Reclaiming the Good News from the Lost-And-Found of Church History

$35.13
Author: Robert Farrar Capon
Format: Paperback
Language: English
This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable.

Where has the church been, and what has it become? According to Robert Farrar Capon, the answers to these questions are in many ways dispiriting. Although the church has done much good, it has also made numerous blunders in its checkered history. Chief among them is that is has lost its astonishment over the Good News of the gospel -- the gift of salvation we receive from Christ.

By taking readers on an illuminating ramble through the history of the church, Capon shows how we have lost this sense of astonishment by making Christianity into a religion that focuses on requirements and restrictions rather than on the Good News, and by turning the church, which should be a body of believers, into an institution that emphasizes its corporate functions to the detriment of its gospel message. After exploring all the ways in which the church had mis-embodied itself over the centuries, Capon explains how the church today might re-create itself. The key, according to Capon, is recovering the gift of astonishment with which it began.

Capon is fully alert to both the tragedy and the comedy of church history, and he covers this uneven ground with great heart and great humor -- and genuine hope for the future of the church.

Author: Robert Farrar Capon
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 03/01/1996
Pages: 132
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 9.14h x 5.98w x 0.36d
ISBN: 9780802807915


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 02/15/1996 pg. 964

About the Author
Robert Farrar Capon (1925-2013) was an Episcopal priest and the author of many popular books, including The Supper of the Lamb.


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