Christ Alive and at Large

by Morgan, Robert; Moule, Patrick

• ISBN13: 9781848250185
• ISBN10: 1848250185
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-09-30
• Publisher: Canterbury Pr Norwich

Summary

The renowned Anglican biblical scholar Charlie Moule, as he was popularly known, came from an eminent church and missionary family. He obtained a first at Cambridge and trained for ordination at Ridley Hall where his grandfather was once Principal and where he himself became Vice-Principal at the age of 28. His Cambridge career culminated in his appointment as Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity, a post he held for 25 years, where he influenced a generation of Anglican leaders including Rowan Williams (at whose wedding he officiated), John Sentamu and the late Graham Stanton, his successor as Lady Margaret Professor. Charlie Moule died in 2007. He wrote a number of definitive texts in New Testament studies, but here is not the scholarly professor, but the humble and prayerful man (nicknamed 'Holy Mouley') reflecting widely on Christian practice and belief, biblical questions and contemporary challenges. The text of Rowan Williams' memorial service address is included and his nephew Patrick Moule, provides a preface.

Author Biography

Robert Morgan is Priest in Charge of St. Andrew's Sandford on Thames and Fellow of Linacre College, Oxford, Patrick Moule is a retired solicitor and church organist at Yetminster, Dorset.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Introduction to the Life and Work	p. 1
Sermon for the Life and Work of the Revd Prof.	p. 3
The Spirituality and New Testament Theology of Charlie Moule	p. 8
Writings of Charles F. D. Moule	p. 91
The Energy of God: The Meaning of Holy Week	p. 93
The problem of evil	p. 93
The problem of good	p. 96
The divine energy	p. 99
The upper room	p. 103
The Good Friday story	p. 105
Holy Saturday	p. 109
Biblical Theology	p. 111
Divine action	p. 111
In face of the cross (Hebrews 12.2)	p. 112
Propitiation	p. 113
The Spirit	p. 115
The Son of Man	p. 116
The beatitudes	p. 117
A difficult parable: Matthew 18.21-35	p. 120
Self-interest in sayings attributed to Jesus	p. 121
Criticisms of St Paul	p. 122
Mary the Mother of Jesus Christ: A response to the Report of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission	p. 131
Judas Iscariot	p. 134
Alleged anti-Semitism in the New Testament	p. 136
Christian Practice and Belief	p. 141
What constitutes a distinctively Christian faith and practice?	p. 141
The Bible and the guidance of God	p. 143
Prayer: a non-interventionist 'miracle'	p. 144
Petitionary prayer	p. 145
The sacraments	p. 147
The New Testament and Eucharistic thought	p. 148
Solitary and collective in the Christian Church	p. 152
Sunday	p. 153
After death, what?	p. 155
Life after death	p. 157
Advent	p. 159
The Great Tribunal	p. 161
The resurrection of Jesus	p. 163
Easter	p. 164
The language of Christian experience	p. 166
The incarnation of God in Jesus Christ	p. 168
Incarnation - climax of creative love	p. 169
The Christian doctrine of the Trinity	p. 175
The problem of evil: some tentative thoughts of a perplexed Bible-reader	p. 180
Exorcism	p. 181
Sacrifice and propitiation - do the words belong in the proclaiming of the Christian gospel?	p. 183
On the cost of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5.19)	p. 185
Greed as wanting more	p. 187
Repentance as against expressions of regret	p. 187
The treatment of offenders	p. 188
Christianity among world religions	p. 190
Gospel truth	p. 191
Religion	p. 197
Sermons	p. 199
The Sunday next before Advent. Yetminster, 1995	p. 199
Epiphany. Winchester, 1991	p. 202
The Conversion of St Paul. Cambridge, 1998	p. 205
The Third Sunday before Lent: Septuagesima. Pevensey, 2003	p. 207
Palm Sunday. Chetnole, 2000	p. 210
'Songs of Praise'. Chetnole, 1996	p. 212
St Jude. Clare College, 2004	p. 215
Epilogue: Salute to the White Doves	p. 219
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