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Liberating The Gospels
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Author : John Shelby Spong
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2009-10-13
Liberating The Gospels written by John Shelby Spong and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-13 with Religion categories.
In this boldest book since Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism, Bishop John Shelby Spong offers a compelling view of the Gospels as thoroughly Jewish tests.Spong powerfully argues that many of the key Gospel accounts of events in the life of Jesus—from the stories of his birth to his physical resurrection—are not literally true. He offers convincing evidence that the Gospels are a collection of Jewish midrashic stories written to convey the significance of Jesus. This remarkable discovery brings us closer to how Jesus was really understood in his day and should be in ours.
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Author : John Shelby Spong
language : en
Publisher: HarperOne
Release Date : 1996
Liberating The Gospels written by John Shelby Spong and has been published by HarperOne this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Bible categories.
"With a keen eye and years of deliberate investigation, Spong traces the long period of history in which the Gospels were "cut away from their essential Jewishness" and interpreted as if they were primarily gentile books, distorting their meaning with a deeply prejudiced anti-Jewish bias. To remedy both that bias and the continued misinterpretation of the Gospels' message, Spong believes we must recognize the Gospels as the thoroughly Jewish books they are and learn to read them with a clear understanding of the Jewish context, frame of reference, vocabulary, and history that shaped in informed them." "By connecting the Gospels to the style of the Jewish midrashic literature of Jesus' era, he shows how the Gospel authors intended their stories to be perceived, not as historic accounts of actual events, but rather as interpretive narratives about the meaning of Jesus, using images and themes from the Hebrew Bible. Some examples of his fascinating arguments and conclusions are the significant events of Jesus' life follow an orderly cycle of Jewish feasts and rites of passage; Judas never existed but was a fictional scapegoat created to shift the blame for Jesus' death from the Romans to the Jews; leading characters of Jewish scripture make cameo appearances in the Gospels; and stories about Jesus, from the infancy narratives to the resurrection, can all be freshly understood as interpretative tales based on key passages in the Old Testament." "Like any good detective story, Liberating the Gospels is a riveting account of facts and theories coming together, piece by piece, to form a brilliant, convincing whole. Spong approaches the Gospels with reverence and a determination to restore their meaning, their vivid historical context, and the respect so long eroded between Christians and Jews. The result is a remarkable revisioning of Jesus and the Gospels that brings us closer to how Jesus was really understood in his day and should be in ours."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
The Liberating Mission Of Jesus
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Author : Dario Andres Lopez Rodriguez
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2012-06-14
The Liberating Mission Of Jesus written by Dario Andres Lopez Rodriguez and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-14 with Religion categories.
The Liberating Mission of Jesus deals with the central message of the Gospel of Luke, provocatively arguing that the liberating mission of Jesus has two central themes: the universality of the love of God and the special love God has for the defenseless of society. Both of these pillars form the bedrock of Luke's theological vision, animate his Gospel throughout, and summarize the good news of the reign of God in subversive and radical form. This book shows how the liberating message announced by Jesus, as well as his liberating practice, is manifested throughout the Gospel and its implications for Christian life today. Through this thorough treatment, the full depth of Luke's vision of the liberating mission of Jesus is shown to be a paradigm for the personal and collective witness of believers, regardless of the social, political, cultural, or religious boundaries that try to inhibit them from giving witness to the God of life.
Liberating Exegesis
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Author : Christopher Rowland
language : en
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Release Date : 1989-01-01
Liberating Exegesis written by Christopher Rowland and has been published by Westminster John Knox Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-01-01 with Religion categories.
This important book provides a sampling of liberation theology's use of biblical texts, relating it to the "standard" methods of interpretation in Europe and America. Divided into four sections, the book sets out contemporary readings of the parable of Jesus influenced by a liberationist perspective; identifies the biblical and theoretical foundations of liberation theology, comparing them with the dominant exegetical paradigm in the first world; explores the way in which liberation exegesis affects reading the canonical accounts of Jesus; and argues that liberation theology cannot be seen solely as a third-world phenomenon.
Liberating The Gospel
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Author : David Smith
language : en
Publisher: Augsburg Books
Release Date : 2020-04-28
Liberating The Gospel written by David Smith and has been published by Augsburg Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-28 with Religion categories.
Liberating the Gospel is prefaced by Tom Wright's claim that Christians have for too long "read scripture with nineteenth-century eyes and sixteenth-century questions," and that it is urgently necessary they learn to read "with first-century eyes and twenty-first-century questions." The central section of the book concentrates on reading the narratives of the Galilean ministry of Jesus within their first century context, then exploring Paul's mission in the setting of the urban and imperial world of Rome, before offering reflection on the Apocalypse in the changed world following the destruction of Jerusalem. Smith then concludes his treatise facing the "twenty-first-century questions," seeking to build a hermeneutical bridge to our globalized world. As a whole, this major book on Christian mission aims to contribute toward an understanding of how the dynamic message of Christ might be liberated to be heard as genuinely good news today, in the process potentially transforming Christianity, provided there is willingness to face opposition from a world resistant to the exposure of its injustices.
Liberating Paul
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Author : Neil Elliott
language : en
Publisher: Fortress Press
Release Date : 2005-02-01
Liberating Paul written by Neil Elliott and has been published by Fortress Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-02-01 with Religion categories.
For centuries the apostle Paul has been invoked to justify oppression ? whether on behalf of slavery, to enforce unquestioned obedience to the state, to silence women, or to legitimate anti-Semitism. To interpret Paul is thus to set foot on a terrible battleground between spiritual forces. But as Neil Elliott argues, the struggle to liberate human beings from the power of Death requires "Liberating Paul" from his enthrallment to that power. In this book, Elliott shows that what many people experience as the scandal of Paul is the unfortunate consequence of the way Paul has usually been read, or rather misread, in the churches.In the first half of the book, Elliott examines the many texts historically interpreted to support oppression or maintain the status quo. He shows how often Paul's authentic message has been interpreted in the light of later pseudo-Pauline writings.In Part Two, Elliott applies a "political key" to the interpretation of Paul. Though subsequent centuries have turned the cross into a symbol of Christian piety, Elliott forcefully reminds us that in Paul's time this was the Roman mode of executing rebellious slaves, a fact that has profound political implications.
Beyond Justification
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Author : Douglas A. Campbell
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2024-01-03
Beyond Justification written by Douglas A. Campbell and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-03 with Religion categories.
Paul proclaims in 90 percent of what he wrote that we have been set free, resurrected, and transformed through Christ at the behest of a loving God. This gospel proclamation can be found wherever he speaks of being "in Christ." But this gospel and its account of salvation has been captured by "another gospel," which also lays claim to being Paul's account of salvation. And this gospel is retributive, conditional, and ultimately damaging. "Justification Theory," as we call this false account, lays claim to just under 10 percent of what Paul wrote. The presence of both these gospels within Paul's interpretation causes numerous acute problems. He is, to name just a few, fundamentally confused, frequently harsh, and unavoidably anti-Jewish. If we reread Paul's justification texts, however, paying more attention to the original historical circumstances within which they were composed, then they turn out to say something subtly but significantly different. Paul's justification texts can be interpreted carefully, faithfully, and consistently, in terms of his usual gospel--our transformation in Christ. Thus Justification Theory is never activated. Paul's true gospel is thereby liberated from its long captivity to a false alternative. We can now see a kinder, gentler, and more consistent, apostle.
The Mirror Or The Mask
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Author : Lydia McGrew
language : en
Publisher: Deward Publishing
Release Date : 2019-12-10
The Mirror Or The Mask written by Lydia McGrew and has been published by Deward Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-10 with Religion categories.
Did the gospel authors invent stories about Jesus that never happened? Meticulous, well-informed, and accessible, The Mirror or the Mask is an important addition to the libraries of laymen, pastors, apologists, and scholars who want to know whether the Gospels are reliable.
The Liberating Gospel Of Jesus
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Author : Sylvester Ng'ong'a
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-09-24
The Liberating Gospel Of Jesus written by Sylvester Ng'ong'a and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-24 with categories.
The liberating Gospel of Jesus seeks to refocus attention to the poor and the wretched of the earth by destigmatizing and redefining the central place of liberation theology in the church's mission. This simplified and well articulated reflection, lays a brief history and paradigm foundations of approaching theology through the lenses of the poor and the oppressed as opposed to the traditional non reflective non responsive methodologies. It argues convincingly for the urgent need for the church mission to embrace a proposed socio-economic paradigm model that is realistic, wholesome and holistic. For the author, it is not enough to dismiss theology of liberation on the account that it is seemingly Marxist, reactionist and lays emphasis on the material or physical. On the contrary, he stresses its authentic spiritual dimension by arguing that faith is not limited to the affirmation of God's existence but demands a loving response-action. This is a missiological action that goes beyond Marxism and unmasks oppressive ideas and attitudes in both the Christian, the Christian congregation and the community. This book strongly vauches for the reembracing of the theology of liberation for the simple reason that it places considerable interest in the powerful current of historical consciousness, along with an openness to personal and social change and therefore opposes a static or fixed world-view or social order. Its bold and coherent call is that the church must take an analysis of its own historical context with an awareness of its situation of dependacy on God and seek out, with a determination to break out of destructive shackles and bonds. Accordingly herein, the Christian and the Christian community are called by their belief to a praxis that involves real charity, action and commitment to the service of the poor and the wretched of the earth. This book is not only a must read for students of religious studies but also a hand tool for ministers and missionaries in the mission enterprise.
Jesus The Liberator
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Author : Michael Prior
language : en
Publisher: Burns & Oates
Release Date : 1995
Jesus The Liberator written by Michael Prior and has been published by Burns & Oates this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Religion categories.
The rise of Liberation Theology has coincided with an increase in interest in Luke's concern for the poor. This has been the subject of a number of special studies, and this new one argues for an application of the spirit of the text to contemporary society, uniting a respect for the methods of New Testament study with a commitment to social change enlivened by its values. This book is the first monograph which deals with this major New Testament text. While it engages with the most recent New Testament scholarship, it is written with a wide readership in mind. Prior examines the efforts to situate the traditions about Jesus and the evangelization of the poor in the life of Luke's community. He does not stop there, but insists that enquiry into the Gospel of Luke must concern itself with the place of the text in contemporary society. Sensitive to the concerns of biblical scholarship, this challenging exegesis respects the faith perspective that the Word of God is alive and active, and calls for a response in every generation.