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Church of England Clergy Fiction Church of England Sermons Clergy England Fiction Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England Anne Boleyn 1507-1536 Drama Reformation Renaissance Sir, Saint More, Thomas 1478-1535 Drama VIII, King of England Henry 1491-1547 VIII, King of England Henry 1491-1547 Drama Women clergySummary: The sleepy village of Dibley was blindsided back in 1994 by the arrival of its new vicar, who dared to be a woman! Over the twelve ensuing years, with the help of sharp wit, a double dose of double entendre, and a healthy supply of chocolate, she gradually won the hearts of even the crustiest of the town's eccentric inhabitants.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV VICSummary: Country vicar Merrily Watkins is in training to be an exorcist, or "deliverance minister," for the Church of England. Although guided by the sardonic, no-nonsense Reverend Huw Owen, Merrily contends with self-doubt in her tough new role. When Merrily is called in to consult on a grisly murder investigation, the inexperienced exorcist finds herself battling supernatural terrors that threaten to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MIDHowatch, Susan.
Summary: A tale of intrigue in the Church of England by a writer who has been called the ecclesiastical Le Carre. The protagonist is Bishop Ashworth, a staunch defender of traditional morality. But when catastrophe overwhelms him, Ashworth's principles are revealed to be only a facade. Sixth volume in a sextet which began with Glittering Images.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1995
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOWCharles, Kate.
Summary: In England, a mystery centered on a church in a Norfolk village. On Sunday, the congregation prays together, during the week they play dirty tricks on each other--from obscene calls to the vicar's wife, to murder. The vicar calls in two sleuths to unmask the evil members. They are lawyer David Middleton-Brown and artist Lucy Kingsley.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mysterious Press 1996
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHAWright, N. T. (Nicholas Thomas)
Summary: In this book of pastoral reflections, N.T. Wright explores how the Lord's Prayer sums up what Jesus was all about in his first-century setting. Wright locates the Lord's Prayer, clause by clause, within the historical life and work of Jesus and allows the prayer's devotional application to grow out of its historical context. The result is a fresh understanding of Christian spirituality and the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: christianaudio.com 2016
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Trollope, Anthony
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1992
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TROCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC TROFurber, Rosemary.
Summary: A dark novel for adults that raises disturbing questions about faith and religion. Freelance journalist Patrick Price-Johnson reveals from prison, where he's remanded on a murder charge, how he became obsessed with the Rev. Helen Halberd.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Maia 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FURNewman, John Henry
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 252.03 NEWTurner, Steve
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 264.23 TURSummary: After failing to have his marriage to Katherine annulled, Henry appoints himself the head of the Church of England. Anne Boleyn insists that Henry remove the Queen from the picture. A royal visit to France finally prompts Anne to consummate her relationship with Henry. After failed attempts to have his marriage annulled, Henry's patience finally wears out and he marries Anne in secret. The king...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Showtime Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TUDLawton, Wendy.
Summary: Imagines the search for faith experienced by the ten-year-old blind daughter of John Bunyan, author of "Pilgrim's Progess," during her father's imprisonment for preaching found contrary to the edicts of the Church of England.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Moody Press 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC LAWSummary: Chancellor of England, Sir Thomas More, is placed in a difficult position when Henry VIII breaks with the Catholic Church over its refusal to annul his marriage to Katherine of Aragon so he can marry Anne Boleyn. Henry demands More's endorsement of this act. Torn between his conscience and duty to the crown, Sir Thomas chooses to say nothing.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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Summary: Mainly remembered for his six marriages and his self-appointment as the "Supreme Head of the Church of England," Henry VIII was also attractive, educated, and athletic. When Henry Tudor ascended to the English thrown at the age of 17, his reign looked promising. But by the time of his death in 1547, King Henry VIII was characterized as an extremely egotistical, harsh, and insecure king.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HENSummary: This program looks at some of the lasting achievements of the age of Charles II and at the life and character of the king who, somewhat waywardly, presided over them. The period between his restoration in 1660 and his death in 1685 saw the birth of the Royal Society, the establishment of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, the growth of the Royal Navy, the Great Fire and the rebirth of London,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Executive transvestite Eddie Izzard takes his show to San Francisco to give a brief history of pagan and Christian religions, the building of Stonehenge, the birth of the Church of England and of Western empires, and the need for a European dream.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Anti- 1998
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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS EDDNorwich, John Julius
Summary: "John Julius Norwich--who the Wall Street Journal called "the very model of a popular historian"--has crafted a big, bold tapestry of the early sixteenth century, when Europe and the Middle East were overshadowed by a quartet of legendary rulers, all born within a ten-year period: Francis I of France, the personification of the Renaissance, who became a highly influential patron of the arts and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.2 NORHowatch, Susan.
Summary: A handsome clergyman's vows are tested when a needy woman appears in his church. He is Nicholas Darrow of the Church of England who runs a ministry of healing in London. Proud of his ability to handle temptation, Darrow discovers he is weak. By the author of Absolute Truths.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 1997
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOWSummary: Although Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to a church door, his action sparked a political upheaval as well as a religious one. This program examines the rise of the Protestant movement in Europe and its link to revolution, civil war, and modern incarnations of radical and conservative politics. Studying the theology Luther crafted at Wartburg Castle and his confrontations with papal and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Weir, Alison
Summary: "Young Henry began his rule as a magnificent and chivalrous Renaissance prince who embodied every virtue. He had all the qualities to make a triumph of his kingship, yet we remember only the violence. Henry famously broke with the Pope, founding the Church of England and launching a religious revolution that divided his kingdom. He beheaded two of his wives and cast aside two others. He died a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2023