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Urim Books USA Spirit, Soul and Body Ⅱ
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Adisan Publishing Study Bible for Women: 52-Week Theme Based Scripture Readings. Guided Bible Journal
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Alpha Edition The Evolution of Theology in the Greek
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Alpha Edition Divine Conduct Or The Mystery Of Providence,
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Amsterdam University Press The Celestine Monks of France, c.1350-1450:
Book SynopsisThe Celestine monks of France represent one of the least studied monastic reform movements of the late Middle Ages, and yet also one of the most culturally impactful. Their order - an austere Italian Benedictine reform of the late thirteenth century, which came to be known after the papal name (Celestine V) of its founder (Pietro da Morrone / St Peter Celestine) - arrived in France in 1300. After a period of limited growth, they flourished in the region from c.1350: they added thirteen new houses over the next hundred years, taking their total to seventeen by 1450. Not only did the French Celestines expand in this century, they gained a distinctive character that separated them from their Italian brothers. More urban, better connected with both aristocratic and bourgeois society, and yet still rigorous and reformist, they characterised themselves as the 'Observant' wing of their order, having gained self-government for their provincial congregation in 1380 following the arrival of the Great Western Schism (1378-1417). But, as Robert L.J. Shaw argues, their importance runs beyond monastic reform: the late medieval French Celestines are a mirror of the political, intellectual, and Christian reform culture of their place and time. Within a France torn by war and a Church divided by schism, the French Celestines represented hope for renewal, influencing royal presentation, lay religion, and some of the leading French intellectuals of the period, including Jean Gerson.Trade Review"This is a concise monograph on the development in the French territories of the late medieval Benedictine reform congregation known as the Celestines. [...] The great merit of this study is the way it weaves the French Celestine experience into the tapestry of the French religious and political world."- Bert Roest, Radboud University Nijmegen, Speculum 96/3 (July 2021) "This book is an important contribution to the study of Observant reform, especially as a case study that cogently highlights the diversity that characterized reform’s many inflections. [...] Thanks to Shaw’s book, [the] influence [of the French Celestines] is more visible and accessible than before, as is the challenge of recovering religious life’s many neglected late-medieval stories."- James D. Mixson, H-France Review, Vol. 19 (2019) "With his book, Robert Shaw has tackled a significant research gap that he has begun to fill with many more far-reaching results, putting research on the Celestines on a completely new footing."- Robert Friedrich, H-Soz-Kult, July 2019 (Translated from German)Table of ContentsTable of Contents Maps and Figures Abbreviations Introduction: The Celestine monks of France and the rise of 'Observant' reform 6 The Celestines and the French Celestines Later medieval monasticism and reform PART 1: The French Celestines in their World Chapter 1. The Vita of Jean Bassand (c.1360-1445) Provenance and purpose Defeating 'the lion of arrogance' The observance of monastic legislation: 'the regular ladder' Affection, unity and the 'opinion of friends' Chapter 2. The French Celestine Constitutions and their Heritage: Statute and Spirituality in Later Medieval Monastic Reform Purity, danger and the 'regular castle' The legacy of St Peter Celestine The constitutions inherited by the French Celestines The French Celestine vision of purity: urban extremism Reform, law, and the perfection of community Man's divine likeness Enforcement and the return of hierarchy Chapter 3. The Challenges and Adaptation of Regular Observance Ascetic standards Rank-and-file discipline The Celestine leadership The Celestine Quodlibeta: the moderation of 'regular observance' Multiple paths: the literary culture of the French Celestines The works of Pierre Pocquet I: Editing Cassian's Conferences and Climacus's Ladder of Perfection II: The Orationarium in vita Domini nostri Jhesu Christi et de suffragiis sanctorum: building the inner man and communities at peace III: St Joseph - a model for monastic superiors? PART 2: The World of the French Celestines Chapter 4. Foundations, Benefactions and Material Maintenance Giving to the Celestines Founders and foundations Other benefactors and benefactions Financial insecurity and the problem of foundation masses The reduction acts of 1414 and 1436: war, fragile rents, and financial crisis The moral difficulties of foundation masses Chapter 5. The Cultural Outreach of the French Celestines The French Celestines as a political symbol 'Grand buildings' and humble authority: the legacy of Charles V The age of Charles VI and the Great Schism Lancastrian aspirations 'A fertile school': the doctrinal outreach of the French Celestines Conversion patterns Lay religious direction Reformist outreach The Celestines and Jean Gerson Epilogue and Conclusion Appendix 1. Lists an Map Appendix 2. Reductions of Foundation Masses (beyond anniversary masses) at the Celestine Monastery of Paris, 1414 and 1436 (drawn from Paris, Arch. Nat LL/1505 and Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine, MS 3330) Appendix 3. Reduction of Foundation Masses (beyond anniversary masses) at the Celestine Monastery of Sens, 1414 ('Célestins de Sens, obituaires', in Obituaires de la Province de Sens, ed. A. Molinier, Receuil des historians de la France, obituaires, 4 vols (Paris, 1902), i, 900-16) Maps and Figures Map Figures 1. The Celestine Constitutions: The Renunciation of St Peter Celestine and Introduction (Celestines of Avignon - Saint-Pierre Célestin, c.1380s; Avignon, BM MS. 727, fol. 1r). 2. Entrance to the church at the Celestine house of Paris, including the statues of Charles V, Jeanne de Bourbon, and St Peter Celestine (H. Millin, Antiquités nationales, 5 vols (1790, Paris), i, 11. N.B.: the image is reversed). Index
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Sidestone Press Loss in Translation: The Heritagization of
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Infarom Publishing Cei şaisprezece mântuitori crucificați
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Malaysian Christians Online: Faith, Experience, and Social Engagement on the Internet
Book SynopsisMany facets of social life are now intrinsically linked to the Internet through increasing dependence of user-centric platforms like blogs, social-networking websites, online forums, and open source websites. The Malaysian Church is not exempt from having to negotiate with an increasingly tech-savvy and networked community of believers. Based primarily on Internet ethnography and interviews with Christian bloggers and church pastors, this book looks at how the Internet is a component of “everyday religion” in the lives of Malaysian Christians at individual, institutional, and national levels. It examines the ways in which online Christian expressions are increasingly integrated into the everyday religious routines of Christians for the development of their personal identities and inter-religious interactions. This book also shows how the spiritual authority of church pastors can be both challenged and reinforced through the creative use of online tools. It addresses some of the creative ways in which Christians utilise the Internet to engage with national socio-political issues within the context of restrictive and controlled mainstream media, as well as the ongoing discourse with Islam in the country. Through a selection of case studies, this book shows that while the Internet may be “free”, the users of the Internet are not necessarily so. While the Internet has provided Malaysian Christians with new tools to experience their faith in new ways, several aspects of “old” offline socio-cultural habits persist online. These, in turn, lead to a robust and growing environment of Internet Christianity in Malaysia. This timely book will be of interest to scholars in religious studies, media and communications, and cultural studies in Southeast Asia.Table of Contents1.Introduction: Online Religion and the Malaysian Context.- 3.Locating the “Everyday” and the “Offline” in Online Christianity.- 4.The Personal Experience: Blogging as Development of Spiritual Identity.- 5.The Institution’s Perspective: Malaysian Pastors as Online Authors and Citizens.- 6.Lessons from a New Online Christian Community.- 7.Engaging Malaysia: A Grassroots Approach to Inter/Intra-Religious Communication.- 8.Re-producing Ideology: A Case Study on Facebook Christian Groups and the Bersih 4.0 Rally.- 8.Conclusion.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Innovating Christian Education Research: Multidisciplinary Perspectives
Book SynopsisThis book reformulates Christian education as an interdisciplinary and interdenominational vocation for professionals and practitioners. It speaks directly to a range of contemporary contexts with the aim of encouraging conceptual, empirical and practice-informed innovation to build the field of Christian education research. The book invites readers to probe questions concerning epistemologies, ethics, pedagogies and curricula, using multidisciplinary research approaches. By helping thinkers to believe and believers to think, the book seeks to stimulate constructive dialogue about what it means to innovate Christian education research today.Chapters are organised into three main sections. Following an introduction to the volume's guiding framework and intended contribution (Chapter 1), Part 1 features conceptual perspectives and comprises research that develops theological, philosophical and theoretical discussion of Christian education (Chapters 2-13). Part 2 encompasses empirical research that examines data to test theory, answer big questions and develop our understanding of Christian education (Chapters 14-18). Finally, Part 3 reflects on contemporary practice contexts and showcases examples of emerging research agendas in Christian education (Chapters 19-24).Table of ContentsChapter 1. Innovating Christian Education Research: Multidisciplinary Perspectives—An Introductory Overview.- Part I: CONCEPTUAL: Research that develops theological, philosophical and theoretical discussion of Christian Education.- Chapter 2. B. Green: Present Tense: Christian Education in Secular Time.- Chapter 3. M. Stephens: Thinking as Christian Virtue: Reason and Persuasion for a Fractious Age.- Chapter 4. D. Iselin: Home-Coming: Restoring a Theology of Place within Christian Education.- Chapter 5. B. Norsworthy: Christian Higher Education: Capturing a Personal Passionate Profession.- Chapter 6. E. Beech: Towards a Conceptual Model for Biblical Transformative Online Learning.- Chapter 7. D. J. Konz: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Christo-ecclesial Unity in Christian Higher Education.- Chapter 8. J. R. Leopard: In Search of a Redeemed and Redeeming Epistemology for Cross-cultural Educational Research: A Biblical Narrative Perspective on Straussian Grounded Theory.- Chapter 9. D. A. Austin, D. Perry: Developing a Christian Research and Scholarship Framework: An Australian Christian Higher Education Case Study.- Chapter 10. C. B. Murison: Christian Higher Education: A Frog in the Kettle or a Light on the Hill?.- Chapter 11. J. Greentree: Clarifying Christian School Purposes in the Neoliberal Marketplace.- Chapter 12. J. Dalziel: Do We Live in a Pluralist Society Any More? Christian Education as a Case Study.- Chapter 13. D. M. Benson: A Reason for Revelation: The Place of Sacred Texts in Secular Middle-School Science Curricula.- Part II: EMPIRICAL: Research that examines data to test theory, answer big questions and develop our understanding of Christian Education.- Chapter 14. S. Gowan, M. Miner Bridges: Distinctively Christian Higher Education as the Wholistic Formation of Students.- Chapter 15. S. Tucker, J. M. Luetz: Art Therapies and Prison Chaplaincy: A Review of Contemporary Practices Considering New Testament Teachings.- Chapter 16. A. Butcher, B. Norsworthy: Cupbearers to the King: Humility, Hope and Hospitality for Formational Practice.- Chapter 17. H. Kemp: The Imaginarium of Narrative in Christian Curriculum Design: A Case Study from St Kentigern College, Auckland.- Chapter 18. C. Chapman: Training Requirements for Entry-Level Ministry-Ready Pentecostal Leaders.- Part III: PRACTICE: Research that reflects on contemporary practice contexts and showcases opportunities for future Christian Education inquiry.- Chapter 19. D. Paterson: Faith, Facts, and Feelings: Christian Persuasion in our Post-Secular Age.- Chapter 20. G. Buxton, J. M. Luetz, S. Shaw: Towards an Embodied Pedagogy in Educating for Creation Care.- Chapter 21. J. Robinson, N. Stirling, S. Barendse: Priceless Perspectives: Equipping Students to Think Critically about the Abortion Discourse.- Chapter 22. W. Nelson, J. M. Luetz: Towards intercultural literacy: A literature review on immersive cross-cultural experiences and intercultural competency charts opportunities for future research.- Chapter 23. L. Gosbell: Universal Design for Learning in Christian Higher Education: Inclusive Practices for Students With and Without Disability.- Chapter 24. F. Seyed Aghamiri, J. M. Luetz: Sexual Addiction and Christian Education.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Scholastic Metaphysics in Late Ming China
Book SynopsisThis book provides the first complete English translation of Giulio Aleni's Wanwu Zhenyuan ???? (The True Source of the Myriad Things').
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Fv Editions The Praise of Folly
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B & H Pub Group Church Administration 3rd Edition
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B & H Pub Group Christmas for the Heart
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B & H Pub Group Children and Salvation
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Holman Reference The Church History Handbook Mocha Cloth Over
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Rose Publishing Secure
Book SynopsisHaving a strong, healthy relationship with God is foundational to enjoying every aspect of life. In Kenza Haddock's work as a trauma and pastoral counselor, she discovered that her clients' anxiety, depression, and other mental health disorders were often the result of a distorted view of God's character. They had developed an insecure attachment to God.In clinical psychology, attachment theory focuses on how the emotional bonds we form in childhood influence how we approach our relationships with others. Secure takes a look at how this theory applies to our relationship with God. When God created us, he intended that he would be our primary attachment above all else. It is only after we have established a secure relationship with him that we can cultivate healthy relationships with others.In this book, readers will learn to recognize the signs of an unhealthy attachment with God. As they study foundational truths about God and their identity in Christ, they will gain essential tools for maintaining a secure attachment with God. The outcome will be a life characterized by hope, healing, and fulfilling relationships. Ultimately, a secure attachment with God can lead us to our own ministry of reconciliation as we proclaim what God has done for us and wants to do for others.
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Tyndale House Publishers When Hurting People Come to Church
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Independently Published Jesus Christ the Believer's Comfort and Joy: A
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Dalcassian Publishing Company The Life of Mashtots
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Augsburg Fortress Publishers Church Camp
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Augsburg Fortress Publishers World Christianity and Ecological Theologies
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Augsburg Fortress Publishers Shared Wisdom
Book SynopsisFor twenty years, educators, caregivers, psychotherapists, and theologians have turned to Pamela Cooper-White's Shared Wisdom on the dynamics between caregivers and care seekers. Now, Cooper-White updates her groundbreaking book to present new insights on how understanding one's own emotional reactions remains a core competency for ministry.
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Augsburg Fortress Publishers The Missionary Kids
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Augsburg Fortress Publishers Everyday Encounters
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Augsburg Fortress Publishers Climate Justice Climate Hope
Book SynopsisFruitful, faithful action toward climate justice creates more ecological, equitable, democratic forms of economic life. With stories, liturgies, humor, and straight talk, Malcom and mohaupt invite readers to build knowledge, skills, global companionship, and spiritual courage for action at the intersection of climate, economy, and racial justice.
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Augsburg Fortress Publishers The Disappearance of Eve and the Gender of Christ
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Augsburg Fortress Publishers Quiet Voices
Book SynopsisSilence occurs between words during conversation and between musical notes in a composition, and is an indicator of mood and emotion. Examining silence in the context of the Bible gives the reader the opportunity to ask significant questions about why silence occurs, its value to life, and how it relates to our understanding of God.
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Augsburg Fortress Publishers Unnatural Death
Book SynopsisUnnatural Death argues in favor of the Christian claim that death is an evil, caused by sin. To do so, it offers a theological grammar of scriptural interpretation, of voluntary and natural evil, and of time and eternity which links the origins of death to the fall of the angels.
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Augsburg Fortress Publishers Lost Hidden Small
Book SynopsisLiving faithfully in a culture of violence, hierarchy, and supremacy means following Jesus into weakness, loss, and even despair. In this indelible book of spiritual formation, pastor Kate Murphy asks: What if the abundant life lies in finding what's been lost, uncovering what is hidden, and learning to hope in what is small?
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Barbour Publishing Break Free from Worry Devotional Prayers for an
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Austin Macauley Publishers LLC There Must Be a Better Explanation
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SPCK Publishing Unearthly Beauty Through Advent with the Saints
Book SynopsisA reading a day for the busy season of Advent, drawing on the wisdom, inspiration and intriguing idiosyncrasies of holy people of the pastTrade ReviewSteel Angels (SPCK, 2014): This book is a breath of fresh air. It takes the nine Criteria which the Church uses for selecting clergy and applies them to reflect on the practicalities of lived-out ministerial life. But what is so exciting is the engaging way this is done: the world of art, film, novels and poetry are all richly evoked to spark the reader s imagination and to enable creative connections. This is an insightful and thought-provoking book which will provide fresh perspectives, set theological hares running and serve as a valuable resource for all those involved in pastoral ministry or exploring their vocation. -- Stephen Ferns, Senior Selection Secretary, Church of England Ministry DivisionMagdalen’s book could produce a rethinking and reorientation of pastoral theology. -- The Revd Ken LeechSteel Angels by Magdalen Smith is an excellent contribution to the discernment canon. Smith uses a range of techniques to look at the spiritual, emotional, pastoral, and administrative aspects of the life and work of a priest . . . Drawing on appropriate personal experience, church politics, art and the Bible, her beautifully written book offers many delights. Her capacity for taking the mundane and finding an illuminating illustration from scripture, literature, the visual arts or popular culture ensures that there is no dryness of approach. * Church Times *Fragile Mystics (SPCK, 2015): The mystics, both medieval and modern, bring a welcome invitation to be still, adore, face the reality of darkness and grow above all in the love of God which, as Paul says, ‘surpasses knowledge’ (Ephesians 3 v 19). If prayerfulness is diminishing in your life or ministry, Magdalen Smith’s quiet skill will help you see that it doesn’t have to be this way. -- Keith Sinclair, Bishop of Birkenhead
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BroadStreet Publishing Prayers Promises for Women
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John Murray Press Do I Stay Christian?: A Guide for the Doubters,
Book SynopsisDubbed 'a heroic gate-crasher' by New York Times bestselling author Glennon Doyle, Brian McLaren explores reasons to leave or stay within the church and if so, how ...Do I Stay Christian? addresses in public the powerful question that surprising numbers of people - including pastors, priests and other religious leaders - are asking in private. Picking up where Brian's warmly received Faith After Doubt (2021) leaves off, Do I Stay Christian? is not McLaren's attempt to persuade Christians to dig in their heels or run for the exit. Instead, he combines his own experience with that of thousands of people who have confided in him over the years to help readers make a responsible, honest, ethical decision about their religious identity.There is a way to say both yes and no to the question of staying Christian, McLaren says, by shifting the focus from whether we stay Christian to how we stay human. If Do I Stay Christian? is the question you're asking - or if it's a question that someone you love is asking - this is the book you've been waiting for.'Brian's new book on remaining Christian knocks it out of the ballpark in terms of framing and naming the questions. I cannot stop reading it. Thank you, Brian!'Fr Richard Rohr, OFM, founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation, author of The Universal ChristTrade Review'be prepared to be deeply challenged and hugely encouraged' [Praise for FAITH AFTER DOUBT] * Christianity Magazine *'challenging, provocative, and, at times, uncomfortable read' [Praise for FAITH AFTER DOUBT] * Church Times *He finds himself in a spacious place where Christianity can be much more concerned with being generous than being doctrinally correct... 'Do I Stay Christian' invites the reader also to become a traveler...this is an important, engaging, life-affirming book. * Reform Magazine *
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Scepter Publishers The Upward Arrow
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Our Daily Bread Publishing Man to Man
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Our Daily Bread Publishing Prayers for a Widows Heart
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Our Daily Bread Publishing Pray Naturally
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ATF Press God in South Africa: The Challenge of the Gospel
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ATF Press Of Good Comfort: Martin Luther's Letters to the
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Continental Sales UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR
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V&r Academic Holy Places in Biblical and Extrabiblical
Book SynopsisHoly places and their linguistic and social construction
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Buddhist Publication Society,Sri Lanka Buddha and Christ as Religious Teachers
Book SynopsisTwo influential figures in history, Siddhatta Gottama and Jesus of Nazareth, were spiritual giants who founded world religions that have shaped civilization in the East and West, respectively.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Telling Secrets
Book SynopsisWith eloquence, candor, and simplicity, a celebrated author tells the story of his father''s alcohol abuse and suicide and traces the influence of this secret on his life as a son, father, husband, minister, and writer.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Knowledge of the Holy
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Jesus Interrupted
Book SynopsisThe problems with the Bible that New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman discussed in his bestseller Misquoting Jesus—and on The Daily Show with John Stewart, NPR, and Dateline NBC, among others—are expanded upon exponentially in his latest book: Jesus, Interrupted. This New York Times bestseller reveals how books in the Bible were actually forged by later authors, and that the New Testament itself is riddled with contradictory claims about Jesus—information that scholars know… but the general public does not. If you enjoy the work of Elaine Pagels, Marcus Borg, John Dominic Crossan, and John Shelby Spong, you’ll find much to ponder in Jesus, Interrupted.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Unprotected Texts
Book Synopsis“An explosive, fascinating book that reveals how the Bible cannot be used as a rulebook when it comes to sex. A terrific read by a top scholar.” —Bart Ehrman, author of Misquoting Jesus Boston University’s cutting-edge religion scholar Jennifer Wright Knust reveals the Bible’s contradictory messages about sex in this thoughtful, riveting, and timely reexploration of the letter of the gospels. In the tradition of Bart Erhman’s Jesus Interrupted and John Shelby Spong’s Sins of Scripture, Knust’s Unprotected Texts liberates us from the pervasive moralizing—the fickle dos and don’ts—so often dictated by religious demagogues. Knust’s powerful reading offers a return to the scripture, away from the mere slogans to which it is so often reduced.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Jesus Before the Gospels
Book SynopsisThe bestselling author of Misquoting Jesus, one of the most renowned and controversial Bible scholars in the world today examines oral tradition and its role in shaping the stories about Jesus we encounter in the New Testament—and ultimately in our understanding of Christianity.Throughout much of human history, our most important stories were passed down orally—including the stories about Jesus before they became written down in the Gospels. In this fascinating and deeply researched work, leading Bible scholar Bart D. Erhman investigates the role oral history has played in the New Testament—how the telling of these stories not only spread Jesus’ message but helped shape it.A master explainer of Christian history, texts, and traditions, Ehrman draws on a range of disciplines, including psychology and anthropology, to examine the role of memory in the creation of the Gospels. Explaining how oral tradition evolves based on the latest scien
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