Rebecca Ann Parker: 3 books
Proverbs of Ashes
Violence, Redemptive Suffering, and the Search for What Saves Us
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2015
Rebecca Parker was a young minister in Seattle when a woman walked into her church and asked if God really wanted her to accept her husband's beatings and bear them gladly, as Jesus bore the cross. Parker knew, at that moment, that if she were to answer the woman's question truthfully she would have...
Saving Paradise
How Christianity Traded Love of This World for Crucifixion and Empire
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2008
One of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2008
During their first millennium, Christians filled their sanctuaries with images of Christ as a living presence-as a shepherd, teacher, healer, or an enthroned god. He is serene and surrounded by lush scenes, depictions of this world as paradise....
A House for Hope
The Promise of Progressive Religion for the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2010
Hope is rising. The political tide in the United States has turned, and people across the country who have been working for years for social change and justice finally feel as though they aren't struggling alone. Yet for those who ground their social activism in progressive religious belief, it is...