Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism: A Bishop Rethinks this Meaning of ScriptHarper Collins, 2009 M03 17 - 288 páginas By popular demand—study guides to two of Bishop John Shelby Spong's bestselling and controversial works, including questions, reflections, and summaries for group and individual use. |
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... creation. It is for them God-given and biblically based. It is no surprise, then, that the twentieth-century battle for the rights of women in the church and for the casting off of the male-imposed definition of women has produced ...
... creation. It is for them God-given and biblically based. It is no surprise, then, that the twentieth-century battle for the rights of women in the church and for the casting off of the male-imposed definition of women has produced ...
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... created in the image of God. Only men share that honor. Paul had made that argu- ment in the First Epistle to the Corinthians—"For a man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man ...
... created in the image of God. Only men share that honor. Paul had made that argu- ment in the First Epistle to the Corinthians—"For a man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man ...
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... created for me and for many others a crisis of faith. The Rescue Effort It is not a new crisis. Tension has existed between the church and the scientific community for hundreds of years. Galileo was excommunicated for his suggestion ...
... created for me and for many others a crisis of faith. The Rescue Effort It is not a new crisis. Tension has existed between the church and the scientific community for hundreds of years. Galileo was excommunicated for his suggestion ...
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... creation stories that vary in detail and contradict each other in order (Gen. 1:1-2:4 and Gen. 2:5ff). These stories cannot be harmonized. Poor Moses contra- dicted himself radically in the first two chapters of the Torah. He also ...
... creation stories that vary in detail and contradict each other in order (Gen. 1:1-2:4 and Gen. 2:5ff). These stories cannot be harmonized. Poor Moses contra- dicted himself radically in the first two chapters of the Torah. He also ...
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... creation story, in the creeds of Christianity, and in countless stories in the biblical drama, a nonoperative, pre- scientific, and clearly false view of the world is perpetuated. Those who seek to preserve these biblical understandings ...
... creation story, in the creeds of Christianity, and in countless stories in the biblical drama, a nonoperative, pre- scientific, and clearly false view of the world is perpetuated. Those who seek to preserve these biblical understandings ...
Contenido
The Gospel | 107 |
Beyond Mythology to Reality | 129 |
The Story of Jesus from a Hebrew | 147 |
The Story of Jesus from a Gentile | 167 |
In the BeginningI | 185 |
13 | 209 |
Who Is Christ for Us? | 227 |
Epilogue | 245 |
Notes | 251 |
Index | 259 |
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Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism: A Bishop Rethinks this Meaning of Script John Shelby Spong Vista previa limitada - 2009 |
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