The Song of Songs is redolent with poetic imagery, featuring as it does the love songs of a man and a woman as they explore their relationship. Down the centuries it has often been interpreted either as a sexually-charged love story or an entirely metaphorical imagining of the relationship between God and his people. In this deeply-felt book Charlie Cleverly argues that both interpretations are critical to a true understanding of this book that lies right at the heart of the Bible. If our relationships with one another and with God are not both fully in tune with our humanity, in all its richness, and with our spirituality in its highest form, then we will fall short of all we can be in our lives.Drawing on a wide range of sources, literary and theological and across the ages, Charlie Cleverly makes the case for a new, rounded understanding of this important book.

Product Description: A challenge to look out for and respond to those moments when God provides bursts of revelation amidst the everydayThrough his work as a vicar both in Paris and Oxford, Charlie Cleverly has become passionate about the need to feed one's love for God through every means possible, and to find ways of holding on to that love...read more

Product Description: It’s time to face facts, ‘business as usual’ Christianity is no longer enough. There is a passion that shapes nations. We see it on the tear-stained faces of the forcefully advancing Chinese church. We find it in the army of love living in Islamic strongholds of the 10/40 window...read more