Words for Life: Forty Meditations--Previously Unpublished - Paperback

by Austin Farrer (Author), Charles Ph. D. Conti (Editor), Lesley Houlden (Editor)

Previously unpublished, the forty sermons collected here were preached by Austin Farrer during his twenty-five years as chaplain of Trinity College, Oxford (1935-60). Most of them were short biblical addresses given during Evensong, and they are offered here for Farrer devotees, and for a new generation of readers to savor.

Author Biography

Austin Farrer (1904-1968) was ordained an Anglican priest at Oxford where he served as chaplain and fellow of several colleges. He was warden of Keble College from 1960 until his death. Both a noted theologian and New Testament scholar, Farrer was a member of the Oxford Christians, conversing frequently with C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Dorothy Sayers, and T. S. Eliot.

Charles Conti is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Sussex.

Leslie Houlden is Professor of Theology at King's College, London.