The Ecology of Faith.

Philadelphia, PA Fortress Press, 1970. Paperback First Edition Thus in the USA (1970), so stated. First Edition Thus in the USA (1970), so stated. Three pages show a single tiny red DOT IN THE MARGINS. Else, Very Good+ to Near Fine in Wraps: The Book shows just a touch of rubbing to the outsides edges of the wrapper covers; a mild bump to the outside edges of the panels and fore-edge has caused faint creases; a former owner's name in small letters to the front endpaper; the binding is square and remains secure; the text is clean except for the dots. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. A flawed, but handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and minor flaws. Corners sharp. Not so very far from 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (7.75 x 5.3 x 0.35 inches). vii, 104 pages. Language: English. Weight: 5 ounces. First published in 1961. Denominational Press Paperback. Contents: 1. The ecology of faith, and the new preaching situation -- 2. The search for theological method, and its requirement of preaching -- 3-4. The role of the imagination in preaching, parts one - two -- 5. Maceration of the minister -- 6. Appendix: the shape of the church's response in worship. -- `Care is neither sentiment nor acquiescence; it suggests neither uncritical accumulation nor idealizing evaluation. To care is to cherish because a thing is given, because one has been there, because every field of dishonor or of praise is alive in the rich leaf mold of the unfolding years. This ecology of the spirit is what informs and sings out of memorable utterances which are hauntingly compounded of gallantry and pathos, memorable in virtue of evocative powers that escape analysis.' (p. 5) -- `The Christian life is a life drawn taut between the Amen and the Come. This tautness has its suffering, its waiting, and its peculiar service to the world. And inasmuch as Christian worship has been the strange music of these taut and joyous lives in history, a deep study of worship points a steady finger to the nature of the unity we seek.' (p. 104).