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About this book
Theology and Human Flourishing is a forward-looking review of the life and work of a place with a gentle Christian ethos that has provided sanctuary and healing for many over the past 31 years under the leadership of Elizabeth Baxter. It consists of 18 essays, each written in their own distinctive style by experts from a range of relevant disciplines who are supporters of Holy Rood House.
The essays cover the variety of provision at Holy Rood House and its theoretical and theological underpinnings. In structuring the book, I imagined them as parts an evergreen flowering shrub, with shoots, flowers, fruit and foliage above ground, and roots drawing nourishment from the fertile earth with Elizabeth's inspirational leadership at the centre, "the heartwood", embodying the vision and orchestrating the whole complex process. We start with what is visible to guests, along with some historical context; move on to an "Interlude" of creative writings (fruit of the Holy Rood spirit), drafted by guests, and then delve into the theological and theoretical work that informs and nourishes the ethos, hospitality, worship, and therapeutic offerings. This division is, admittedly, imprecise. As with any vibrant organism or organization there is intertwining, entanglement and integration of the constituent elements.
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Table of contents
- Editorâs Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Cover artwork: CrossPeace
- Contributors
- Tomorrowâs church: Haunted by hope
- Yes to women priests
- Birthing, belonging and becoming: A tribute to Elizabeth Baxter
- Creating place and space: A reflection on the unique offering of Holy Rood House and the pioneering role of Elizabeth Baxter
- The beating heart of Holy Rood House and what happens there: Elizabeth Baxterâs pioneering leadership of worship
- Celebrating the audacious Elizabeth Baxter: Wine, women and song at Holy Rood House and Hilda House
- Theology and human flourishing: Another conversion?
- Creative writings from Holy Rood House
- Radical Apostolic Women: Sent by God to aid human flourishing
- Storytelling while walking: Feminist theologies and healing
- Holy Rood House and âLiving in Love and Faithâ
- The little that becomes enough: Reflections on hope as character, community and culture
- Theological humanism and human flourishing
- A reflection on the creative arts as a healing process, and the creative arts at Holy Rood House
- When psychology meets theology
- Spiritual darkness and spiritual accompaniment
- Spirituality and mental health
- Embodied theology in an age of Zoom
- Called to go deeper in pastoral care