The Joy of All Creation: An Anglican Meditation on the Place of Mary

by A.M. Allchin

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0936384247
• ISBN13: 9780936384245
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Cowley Publications
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.3"

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Mary Remembered, and For All Time

As he did so well in his book "Participation in God", Canon Allchin uncovered another forgotten Anglican tradition, this time the veneration of Mary the Mother of God. He describes Mary as the place where the mystery of the Incarnation begins. Since all creation finds in her the reality of God-with-us, Mary is truly the Joy of All Creation. Allchin finds this tradition weaving as a thread through the writings of well-known Anglican theologians like Lancelot Andrewes and Jeremy Taylor, flowing as an underground stream during the Oxford Movement, and clearly evident in the writings of outstanding modern poets such as Edwin Muir and T.S. Eliot. Published over 20 years ago, this book was ahead of its time in pointing out that Mary is not a divisive element but is in reality a figure around which all Christians may find solidarity. May she pray for us.