The Eye of the Storm: Spiritual Resources for the Pursuit of Justice

by Kenneth Leech

Examines the need for spiritual resources which can support and nourish the search for a just society.

Genres: Theology

288 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1992

Reviews

[Christopher Golding · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fantastic read which inspires a church community to get involved in the earthy, real-world work of justice and peace for all. Based on Leech's experience in London, it expands to cover the theology of liberation applicable everywhere. It is an inspiring book that calls us to take seriously the mission of the church to travel light as pilgrim people who transform and heal.

[Phil · Rating 4 out of 5]

I started reading this because my rector of my church had mentioned Kenneth Leech and it is actually tricky to find his books these days, so this was in the church library. Published in the 90s, it is an Anglo-Catholic take on how to leave in a complicated and confusing world- one that has surprising resonances to the 2020s. Leach saw the problems of social justice and Christian Nationalism from a British standpoint and is surprisingly prescient about their implications.

Leech's main focus is to articulate a Anglo-Catholic vision of how to deal with an unjust world. He comes from a traditional of Anglo-Catholic British churches in very working class areas, mingling, at least, socialism with catholic theology. His insights are worth looking today as an alternative to a well meaning, but out of touch progressivism which characterizes much of the Anglican church as well as the conservative merging with the political right wing.

This book is definitely worth reading, even despite it's occasionally dated referencing. It offers another way of seeing the Christian life and one that needs to be considered,

[Tynan Brooks]

Very helpful in showing where to refocus my attention re: the link between prayer, justice, and the Church.