A Time for Trumpets: Scottish Church Movers and Shakers of the Twentieth Century

An answer to a premature obituary for the Churches in Scotland. This celebration of the great church visionaries of the twentieth century digs deep below the sound-bite culture that pervades so much of today’s discussions about the place of Church in today’s society. Through a series of short, personal, pieces by some of today’s most valued commentators, we learn about the men and women who were the great movers and shakers of the twentieth century. We admire the profusion of gifts, clarity of vision, depth of commitment, and springs of endless inspiration that characterised them. The book includes pieces on the founder of the Iona Community, ecumenists, missionaries, theologians and pioneers of many kinds. The legacy of these inspiring people is highly relevant to the present and future of the Churches in the 21st century. So many ideas surfaced that were before their time. So many themes then relating to Church and society persist to this day. Now is the time to look at the thoughts of these key people afresh and to strengthen those working for the future with a reinforcing knowledge of the foundations of today’s struggles. ‘A Time for Trumpets’ is a time to acknowledge and celebrate our legacy. With equal urgency, the trumpets call us to assume our own responsibility for our own time.