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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... called biblical mo- rality. Proof Texting and Prejudice This appeal to the Bible to justify and to sustain an attitude that was clearly passing away had a very familiar ring to me. I grew up in America's segregated South with its rich ...
... called biblical mo- rality. Proof Texting and Prejudice This appeal to the Bible to justify and to sustain an attitude that was clearly passing away had a very familiar ring to me. I grew up in America's segregated South with its rich ...
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... called effeminate. The stereotypes of the ages do not hold when scrutinized.) The authors of the Bible did not have the knowledge on this subject that is available to us today. The sexual attitudes in Scripture used to justify the ...
... called effeminate. The stereotypes of the ages do not hold when scrutinized.) The authors of the Bible did not have the knowledge on this subject that is available to us today. The sexual attitudes in Scripture used to justify the ...
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... called to accountability in the name of truth. It is for these reasons that I have found it imperative to put another voice into the public arena. My purpose in this volume is first to rescue the Bible from the exclusive hands of those ...
... called to accountability in the name of truth. It is for these reasons that I have found it imperative to put another voice into the public arena. My purpose in this volume is first to rescue the Bible from the exclusive hands of those ...
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... called "a man of war" (Exod. 15:3), a concept far removed from the one I had come to call the "Prince of Peace." Then, as the Law of God unfolded in the remaining books of the Torah, I found myself more and more repelled. Slavery was ...
... called "a man of war" (Exod. 15:3), a concept far removed from the one I had come to call the "Prince of Peace." Then, as the Law of God unfolded in the remaining books of the Torah, I found myself more and more repelled. Slavery was ...
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... called his enemies a "brood of snakes" (Matt. 12:34), "sons of vipers" (Matt. 23:33), "blind fools" (Matt. 23:17). He called gentiles "dogs" (Matt. 15:26). He said he had come to set a man against his father and a daughter against her ...
... called his enemies a "brood of snakes" (Matt. 12:34), "sons of vipers" (Matt. 23:33), "blind fools" (Matt. 23:17). He called gentiles "dogs" (Matt. 15:26). He said he had come to set a man against his father and a daughter against her ...
Contenido
Paul | 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 Am | 185 |
Who Is Christ for Us? | 227 |
Epilogue | 245 |
Notes | 251 |
Index | 259 |
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Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism: A Bishop Rethinks the Meaning of ... John Shelby Spong Vista de fragmentos - 1991 |
Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism: A Bishop Rethinks this Meaning of Script John Shelby Spong Sin vista previa disponible - 2009 |
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