Iona: God's Energy: The Spirituality and Vision of the Iona Community

by Norman Shanks

An outstanding introduction and guide to the spirituality of the Iona community. What is it that draws 120,000 day visitors each year to the tiny island of Iona? One reason peole come is to imbibe the spirituality of the Iona community. In this introduction to its spirituality, Norman Shanks shows how the Iona community has developed and integrated vision which is rooted in the committed to peace-making and social action; the promotion of ecumenism; and the development of new, relevant ways to worship. Each week a hundred guests come and share in the Community's program and there is much interest also in the Community's mainland work, testimony to the power of this message. Through this book many more will be able to apply the Iona approach to spirituality to their own lives.

230 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1999