Reviews | - Part 2

Paul: a biography by N T Wright

The first occasion I was prevailed upon to prepare the liturgies for a Quest Conference, following the first Evening Prayer of the conference, I was dumbfounded to find myself under fire from a delegate because I had included a reading from one of St Paul’s letters. My complainant believed that Paul’s writings should be banished…… Continue reading Paul: a biography by N T Wright

Gaudete et Exsultate (Rejoice and Be Glad)

Gaudete et Exsultate (Rejoice and Be Glad). Pope Francis I. Catholic Truth Society. ISBN 978-1-784-69596-5 Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation, Rejoice and Be Glad, on the call to holiness in today’s world, at a first glance did not appear to be the good read that I hoped it would be. Reviewers elsewhere have described it as…… Continue reading Gaudete et Exsultate (Rejoice and Be Glad)

“Queer and Catholic” – NOT a Contradiction

Mark Dowd is a long term member and supporter of Quest. Last night, I and several other Quest members enjoyed the London launch of his impressive new book, “Queer and Catholic”. (Members from up North, attended an earlier launch in Mark’s hometown of Manchester). The book is subtitled “a life of contradictions”. However, as…… Continue reading “Queer and Catholic” – NOT a Contradiction

Book Review: Conclave

Conclave by Richard Harris. (Publisher: Hutchinson. Paperback 978-0-0919-5918-0) In a letter addressed to the Christians in the city of Corinth, written either in AD 95 or 96 and attributed to Pope St Clement I (he was Bishop of Rome from AD 92 to 101), the author rebukes them for their dissensions, outbursts of anger and…… Continue reading Book Review: Conclave

Film Review: “SILENCE”.

Director: Martin Scorsese. Starring: Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson, Yôsuke Kubozuka, Issei Ogata. Certificate: 15. Running time: 161 mins. In Martin Scorsese’s introduction to a special edition of Shūsaku Endō’s Silence [i], he claims that the novel ‘is precisely about the particular and the general. And it is finally about the first overwhelming the…… Continue reading Film Review: “SILENCE”.

Book Review: ‘And God saw it all was very good’ (Bulletin 75)

Quest Bulletin Book Review; January 2016; ‘And God saw it all was very good’; Book Editors: Sandra Taylor and Hazel Barnes; Arcus Foundation, Amsterdam, 2015. Book review by Tony Dimambro The European Forum of LGBT Christian Groups has worked wonders since its birth in 1982. The forum provides a spiritual space for LGBT Christians to…… Continue reading Book Review: ‘And God saw it all was very good’ (Bulletin 75)