Perspectives on a Century

Quick Look

• Important articles for those interested in the development of the Christian Community from its origins in 1922 to its role in today's globalised society
• Published as part of the celebrations for the centenary of The Christian Community in 2022
• Includes a foreword by Tom Ravetz, Lenker of The Christian Community in Great Britain and Ireland

A landmark compendium of fascinating articles from one hundred years of The Christian Community journal.

Description

A century ago in central Europe, a small group of Rudolf Steiner's theology students, with the help of Steiner himself, established The Christian Community as a movement for religious renewal. From its founding they published a regular journal containing articles from the movement's key figures, including Emil Bock, Evelyn Capel, Alfred Heidenreich and Rudolf Frieling, as a way to share knowledge and insight and develop ideas and practice.

Published in celebration of the centenary of The Christian Community, this landmark compendium gathers a wide-ranging selection of important articles spanning one hundred years of The Christian Community journal from 1922 to 2022. The articles include contemplations on the Bible and festivals of the years, essays on the lives and work of artists and writers, and explorations of ideas about science, the natural world and the earth as a living entity.

This fascinating collection shows the changing concerns of a growing community, from its early pioneering days through the turbulent early decades and the outbreak of the Second World War, to its position in our modern, globalised society.

The book includes a foreword by Tom Ravetz, Lenker of The Christian Community in Great Britain and Ireland and the current editor of Perspectives, the UK's quarterly Christian Community journal.

Author

Rev. Tom Ravetz was born in Leeds in 1964. He completed the training for the priesthood of The Christian Community in Stuttgart, Germany and studied theology at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. He is Lenker of The Christian Community in Great Britain and Ireland. He has written and spoken on a wide variety of theological and spiritual topics and is the author of The Act of Consecration of Man, Free From Dogma and The Incarnation, all published by Floris Books. He is the editor of Perspectives, the journal of The Christian Community in English.