Bøger af David Murrow

Christianity is the only world religion with a chronic shortage of men. David Murrow identifies the barriers to male participation, and explains why it's so hard to motivate the men who do go to church. Then, he takes you inside several fast-growing congregations that are winning the hearts of men and boys.

Besøg en hvilken som helst kristen menighed en tilfældig søndag. I langt de fleste af dem vil kvinderne være i overtal, og kvinderne vil være de mest aktive i det frivillige kirkelige arbejde i løbet af ugen.Hvorfor er det sådan? Er mænd nogle sløve padder, som må se at tage sig sammen? Eller er kvinder bare mere religiøse end mænd?David Murrow har undersøgt fænomenet nærmere og er nået til dette resultat: Når kirken mest tiltrækker kvinder, skyldes det, at kirkens atmosfære, former og sprogbrug er gennemsyret af en feminin ånd. Kirken har taget kvindelige værdier som tryghed, omsorg og nære relationer til sig, mens man skal lede længe efter kristendommens mandlige værdier som udfordring, risiko og ekspansion. Det får mange mænd til at føle, at kirken dybest set er et sted for kvinder, og de holder sig på sidelinjen eller trækker sig helt.Derfor, mener David Murrow, er der brug for, at vi genfinder kirkens maskuline ånd: I mange år har vi forsøgt at kalde mændene tilbage til kirken - nu er tiden kommet til at kalde kirken tilbage til mændene.Bogen er ikke kun henvendt til kirkeledere, og heller ikke kun til mænd. Den er i høj grad også skrevet til kirkens mange aktive kvinder, for at de skal forstå, hvordan mange mænd har det med kirken og i kirken. Hvis der skal ske ændringer, skal det komme nedefra: mænd og kvinder må arbejde sammen om at skabe en sund balance mellem en kvindelig og en mandlig spiritualitet.

Mick and his sister Marianne take up residence in a derelict squat in Hackney, east London, where they befriend a group of deranged anarchists led by Stag, an explosives "expert" hell-bent on bringing about a socialist revolution. After an encounter with Thai, a feminist art student and cleaner of financial institutions, Mick finds himself being forced into the adult world of love and money, and as the revolution begins to spiral out of control, he is thrust towards an uncertain future... whilst running from a dark past

The first in a trilogy of collections, the poems in Spilt Milk are lamentations on birth and childhood, the trials of growing up and realising your parents are flawed, and the loss of innocence that comes from falling in love while enduring an outdated educational curriculum.

Musings on love and romance devolve into inebriated ramblings about drugs and addiction before ending with a critique of religion. Red Wine is the final part of a trilogy of collections that also includes Spilt Milk and Circle Line.

A collection of early poems written in the coastal town of Bournemouth at the turn of the millennium sees a young poet honing his craft and writing as a form of therapy for the pain of losing his first love. As drink and drug addiction begin to grip, the poet spirals into a depression for which the only remedy is to escape the town in which he grew up, before he is driven beyond the edge of his sanity.

Each of the thirty-five poems in Circle Line has been allocated a London Underground station. From Paddington to Hammersmith, the themes of politics, money, war and the media are explored with a cynical eye and a serrated tongue. Circle Line is the second collection in a trilogy also including Spilt Milk and Red Wine.

In this dynamic follow-up to the best-selling Why Men Hate Going to Church, Murrow cleverly translates the masculine spiritual life into an actual, ink-on-paper map. Then he shows men where to find the map in the New Testament and how to walk its ancient paths today.

The bestselling author of Why Men Hate Going to Church reveals the secrets men never tell-and is deeply honest about why you need to know.