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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... narrative reveals it to be a strange story involving hospitality laws in a nomadic society that our world of superhighways, bright lights, and chain motels cannot even imagine. It is a story about gang rape, which cannot ever be ...
... narrative reveals it to be a strange story involving hospitality laws in a nomadic society that our world of superhighways, bright lights, and chain motels cannot even imagine. It is a story about gang rape, which cannot ever be ...
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... narrative, as well as many salvation-oriented proof texts, became part of my reflex Chris- tian life. There was for me no authority beyond the affirmation "the Bible says." I mention this brief bit of autobiography to set the stage to ...
... narrative, as well as many salvation-oriented proof texts, became part of my reflex Chris- tian life. There was for me no authority beyond the affirmation "the Bible says." I mention this brief bit of autobiography to set the stage to ...
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... narratives, and the biblical teaching on human sexuality. In each instance, I narrowed my focus to the subject at hand and studied it with great intensity. But increas- ingly I felt a need to look at the Bible itself as a whole. How can ...
... narratives, and the biblical teaching on human sexuality. In each instance, I narrowed my focus to the subject at hand and studied it with great intensity. But increas- ingly I felt a need to look at the Bible itself as a whole. How can ...
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... narrative, has a vision of the cosmos that no educated person could today assume. For the author of this account, the earth is flat, sur- rounded by water on all sides. Water, indeed, is also under- neath the dry land, making it ...
... narrative, has a vision of the cosmos that no educated person could today assume. For the author of this account, the earth is flat, sur- rounded by water on all sides. Water, indeed, is also under- neath the dry land, making it ...
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... narrative of God giving to Adam artificial respiration so that the breath of life, the divine life, now rested in ... narratives are accepted, believed, or acted upon by people in this century. This same view of the created order also ...
... narrative of God giving to Adam artificial respiration so that the breath of life, the divine life, now rested in ... narratives are accepted, believed, or acted upon by people in this century. This same view of the created order also ...
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 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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