Book description
'To be in a seat at Iona Abbey, to be moved by the awesome oratory of
a MacLeod sermon in full flood, to be led into the nearer presence of
God by means of kaleidoscopic, imaginative prayer, is to be privileged
and - more importantly - to be changed...The urgent radicalism of his
views on politics and peace spring not from modern sociological
analysis, but from a profound sense of the holy at the heart of
life...The personal becomes political in a vision which pushes the
parameters of theological orthodoxy, yet just remains within the
creedal boundaries - Christ at the heart of the cosmos; Christ the
light of the world in all, through all; Christ the light energy in and
through all matter.' Ron Ferguson, former Leader of the Iona
Community, from the Introduction. This is a fully illustrated new edition.
A charismatic man of prayer and action who was ahead of his time.
Born just before the start of the 20th century into a famous
ecclesiastical dynasty, George MacLeod became increasingly aware of
'two nations', the rich and the poor. Awarded the Military Cross for
bravery in the First World War, he moved inexorably towards socialis
and pacifism during the depression years, as his theology became more
mystical, cosmic and political.
Many lives were changed by
MacLeod's spine-tingling sermons, and many more by his personal example.
