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    The Shape of Living: Spiritual directions for everyday life
    The Shape of Living: Spiritual directions for everyday life
    The Shape of Living: Spiritual directions for everyday life
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    The Shape of Living: Spiritual directions for everyday life

    By David F. Ford

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    In an overwhelming world, how can our lives be shaped to their greatest potential? David F. Ford examines the whirl of life today – the endless information that inundates us and pervades our lives. He serves up practical wisdom for coping creatively, offering a vision of genuine Christian life that can face the best and worst of today’s world.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCanterbury Press
    Release dateAug 12, 2014
    ISBN9781848257399
    The Shape of Living: Spiritual directions for everyday life
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    David F. Ford

    David F. Ford (PhD, University of Cambridge) is Regius Professor of Divinity Emeritus at the University of Cambridge, England, and a Fellow of Selwyn College. His publications include Meaning and Truth in 2 Corinthians (with Frances Young), Self and Salvation: Being Transformed, Christian Wisdom: Desiring God and Learning in Love, and The Shape of Living. Ford is one of the founders of Scriptural Reasoning and has been extensively involved in generating new modes of engagement for interfaith relations.

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