Böcker av Stephen Cottrell

Most of us live at break-neck speed, cramming work, family, friends and endless tasks into every day. In this life-affirming book Stephen Cottrell encourages us instead to hang out with our inner slob and rediscover not just the pleasures but the real benefits, the unexpected gifts and the deep truths to be found in simply messing about.

Ethnomusicology and its Intimacies situates intimacy, a concept that encompasses a wide range of often informal social practices and processes for building closeness and relationality, within the ethnomusicological study of music and sound. These scholarly essays reflect on a range of interactions between individuals and communities that deepen connections and associations, and which may be played out relatively briefly or nurtured over time.Three major sections on Performance, Auto/biographical Strategies, and Film are each prefaced by an interview with a scholar or practitioner with close knowledge of the subject that links the chapters in that section. Often drawing directly on fieldwork experience in a variety of contexts, authors consider how concepts of intimacy can illuminate the ethnographic study of music, addressing questions such as: how can we understand ethnomusicological and ethnographic research and performance as processes of musically mediated intimacy? How are the longstanding relationships we develop with others particularly intimated by and through musicking? How do we understand the musically intimate relationships of others and how do these inflect our own musical intimacies? How does music represent, inscribe, constrain, or provoke social or personal intimacies in particular contexts?The volume will appeal to all scholars with interests in music and how it is used to construct relationships in different contexts around the world.

Hit the Ground Kneeling takes common statements about leadership - statements that we often take for granted - and questions them in the light of Christian faith and Christian perspectives on leadership.

New updated edition of the Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent book for 2004

Come and See provides Bible reading, reflection and prayer for Lent. Twenty-eight readings offer short passages from the story of Peter, plus comment and questions for personal or group response.

A letter to the country, from the Archbishop of York, on why the Christian narrative still makes sense.

A refreshing vision of Christian ministry from one of the Church of England's most popular speakers and writers

Found in Common Worship: Times and Seasons, The Way of the Cross is a series of scripture-based devotions for personal or group use in Lent and Holy Week. This seasonal companion provides the full sequence of fifteen meditations, each accompanied by short reflections from three of today's very best spiritual writers.

Striking Out is a spiritual diary of Stephen Cottrell's pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. Comprising reflections, prayer poems and evocative images from the road, together with poetry which Stephen has written for many years, this is an intimate and honest account of the profound effect of the age-old tradition of going on pilgrimage.

A magical Christmas tale for children

Reflections for Daily Prayer has nourished thousands of Christians for a decade with its inspiring and informed weekday Bible reflections. Now, in response to demand, Reflections for Sundays combines material from over the years with new writing to provide high-quality reflections on the Principal Readings for Sundays and major Holy Days.

Congregations are often confused or uninspired by the emphasis on Old Testament themes during Advent and too â oeoverâ � Christmas by December 26 to pay much attention to the gospel stories that follow Jesus' birth. Walking Backwards to Christmas starts at the end of the story, with Jesus'...

Emmaus is a course designed to welcome people into the Christian faith. Contact is a practical, hands-on booklet that helps churches make the most of their connections with those outside the church, as the first step in running an Emmaus course.

Pilgrim is a teaching and discipleship resource from the Church of England that helps enquirers and new Christians explore what it means to travel through life with Jesus Christ. This third book in the Follow Stage, The Commandments, explores priorities, reverence, rest, respect, rectitude and reliability.

The role of the musican in their community has been an established form of study for many years, yet this is the first book to make an examination of the place of the mucician in western mucic. Examining the professional performer the author discusses the significance of ritual, myth and humour for the lives of musicans in the west.