General Christianity category: 9124 books
How to Read the Bible and Still Be a Christian
Struggling with Divine Violence from Genesis Through Revelation
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2015
The acclaimed Bible scholar and author of The Historical Jesus and God & Empire—“the greatest New Testament scholar of our generation” (John Shelby Spong) —grapples with Scripture’s two conflicting visions of Jesus and God, one of a loving God, and one of a vengeful God, and explains...
Jesus
Uncovering the Life, Teachings, and Relevance of a Religious Revolutionary
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
From top Jesus expert Marcus Borg, a completely updated and revised version of his vision of Jesus—as charismatic healer, sage, and prophet, a man living in the power of the spirit and dedicated to radical social change.
Fully revised and updated, this is Borg's major book on the historial...
Eternal Life: A New Vision
Beyond Religion, Beyond Theism, Beyond Heaven and Hell
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Drawing on a lifetime of wisdom, New York Times bestselling author and controversial religious leader John Shelby Spong continues to challenge traditional Christian theology in Eternal Life: A New Vision. In this remarkable spiritual autobiography about his lifelong struggle with the questions of God and death, he reveals how he ultimately came to believe in eternal life.
God and Empire
Jesus Against Rome, Then and Now
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
At the heart of the Bible is a moral and ethical call to fight unjust superpowers, whether they are Babylon, Rome, or even America.
From the divine punishment and promise found in Genesis through the revolutionary messages of Jesus and Paul, John Dominic Crossan reveals what the Bible has to...
by John Shelby Spong
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
The Pope Describes the Ancient Traditional Jesus; Bishop Spong Brings Us a Jesus Modern People Can Be Inspired By
The Meaning of Jesus
Two Visions
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2009
Was Jesus born of a virgin? Did he know he was the Messiah? Was he bodily resurrected from the dead? Did he intentionally die to redeem humankind? Was Jesus God? Two leading Jesus scholars with widely divergent views go right to the heart of these questions and others, presenting the opposing visions of Jesus that shape our faith today.
Liberating the Gospels
Reading the Bible with Jewish Eyes
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
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...
The Historical Jesus
The Life of a Mediterranean Jewish Peasant
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2010
"He comes as yet unknown into a hamlet of Lower Galilee. He is watched by the cold, hard eyes of peasants living long enough at a subsistence level to know exactly where the line is drawn between poverty and destitution. He looks like a beggar yet his eyes lack the proper cringe, his voice the...
Simply Jesus
A New Vision of Who He Was, What He Did, and Why He Matters
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2011
In Simply Jesus, bestselling author and leading Bible scholar N.T. Wright summarizes 200 years of modern Biblical scholarship and models how Christians can best retell the story of Jesus today. In a style similar to C.S. Lewis’s popular works, Wright breaks down the barriers that prevent Christians...
by Christine Barrely
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2011
How does Saint Christopher keep us safe when we travel? Why is Saint Patrick always depicted with a nest of snakes? How did Cecilia come to be the patron saint of music? These wonders and more are explained in this treasure of a book. The perfect book for the devout or any religious occasion, this...
The Bible in Arabic
The Scriptures of the "People of the Book" in the Language of Islam
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2013
From the first centuries of Islam to well into the Middle Ages, Jews and Christians produced hundreds of manuscripts containing portions of the Bible in Arabic. Until recently, however, these translations remained largely neglected by Biblical scholars and historians. In telling the story of the Bible...
The Color of Christ
The Son of God and the Saga of Race in America
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2012
How is it that in America the image of Jesus Christ has been used both to justify the atrocities of white supremacy and to inspire the righteousness of civil rights crusades? In The Color of Christ, Edward J. Blum and Paul Harvey weave a tapestry of American dreams and visions--from witch hunts to...
The Ripple Effect
The 7 Most Important Decisions of Each Day
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
No one sits down and plans on failing in life. It happens, thoughusually one decision at a time. Neither do we drift toward success. We move toward success and growth by intentionally making good decisions. The Ripple Effect can help you identify the seven most important decisions of each day. Like...
by C. S. Lewis
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 29, 2014
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 29, 2014
El eterno clásico sobre ""las últimas novedades del Infierno y las irrebatibles respuestas del Cielo"" Esta clásica obra maestra de sátira ha entretenido e iluminado a lectores alrededor del mundo con su irónica y astuta representación de la vida y las debilidades humanas...