John B. Coburn (1914–2009)
Autor de Prayer and Personal Religion
Sobre El Autor
John Coburn was born in Connecticut in 1914 and educated at the Wooster School, Princeton University, and Union Theological Seminary. A World War II naval chaplain, he served as dean of Trinity Cathedral, Newark, New Jersey, and rector of parishes in New York and Massachusetts. He taught at Robert mostrar más College, Istanbul, and later at what is now Episcopal Divinity School. He served as Bishop of Massachusetts from 1976 to 1986. He died in 2009 at the age of 95. mostrar menos
Obras de John B. Coburn
One Family in Christ 5 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Coburn, John Bowen
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1914-09-27
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2009-08-08
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Danbury, Connecticut, USA
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
- Lugares de residencia
- Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA - Educación
- Princeton University (BA - Politics)
Union Theological Seminary (MDiv)
Wooster School - Ocupaciones
- Episcopal priest
Episcopal Bishop of Massachsetts
Dean (ETS)
President, House of Deputies (Episcopal Church) - Organizaciones
- Episcopal Church
Episcopal Theological Seminary (Dean)
Miembros
Reseñas
También Puede Gustarte
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 15
- Miembros
- 384
- Popularidad
- #62,948
- Valoración
- 3.0
- Reseñas
- 1
- ISBNs
- 19
The idea of "personal religion" is a little -- OK, a lot -- unclear. And the idea of prayer as communication with a divinity is foreign to this text. Still, the author begins his concluding chapter with a beautiful sentiment from William Blake, below, and the admission that "suffering and joy are inextricably bound together". But what does that "mean"? !! [90]
He offers this non-explanation: "The reason that suffering joyfully for the love of God is so powerful is very simply that this is the way of the cross. This is the way Christ did his work." [95] This is not helpful. Who thinks, or could possibly "want", a divinity to suffer for any reason, much less for love!
So here is the excerpt from the Blake poem "Auguries of Innocence":
Man was made for joy and woe;
And, when this we rightly know,
Safely through the world we go.
Joy and woe are woven fine,
A clothing for the soul divine."
We wear this vestment on the inside.… (más)