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The good book : reading the Bible with mind and heart / Peter J. Gomes

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : W. Morrow, [1996]Copyright date: ©1996Edition: First editionDescription: xv, 383 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0688134475
  • 9780688134471
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 220.1 20
LOC classification:
  • BS511.2 .G66 1996
Contents:
What's it all about? -- A matter of interpretation -- The Bible in America -- Hard texts and changing times -- The Bible and race : the moral imagination -- The Bible and anti-Semitism : Christianity's original sin -- The Bible and women : the conflicts of inclusion -- The Bible and homosexuality : the last prejudice -- The Bible and the good life -- The Bible and suffering -- The Bible and joy -- The Bible and evil -- The Bible and temptation -- The Bible and wealth -- The Bible and science -- The Bible and mystery
Summary: The Good Book is a brilliant and inspiring look at the Bible today from the preacher to Harvard University, a man Time magazine called one of the seven best preachers in America. "The theme of this book," writes Peter Gomes in his introduction, "is the risk and the joy of the Bible: risk in that we might get it wrong, and joy in the discovery of the living Word becoming flesh. It is around this theme that I formulate three basic questions which the thoughtful readerSummary: Brings to the Bible: What is it? How is it used? What does it have to say to me?" With compassion, humor, and insight, Gomes gives us the tools we need to make the Bible a dynamic part of our daily lives - and reminds us that the Bible is not just doctrine and interpretation, but one of the most available and extraordinary means by which we are brought into proximity with the divine
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-375) and index

What's it all about? -- A matter of interpretation -- The Bible in America -- Hard texts and changing times -- The Bible and race : the moral imagination -- The Bible and anti-Semitism : Christianity's original sin -- The Bible and women : the conflicts of inclusion -- The Bible and homosexuality : the last prejudice -- The Bible and the good life -- The Bible and suffering -- The Bible and joy -- The Bible and evil -- The Bible and temptation -- The Bible and wealth -- The Bible and science -- The Bible and mystery

The Good Book is a brilliant and inspiring look at the Bible today from the preacher to Harvard University, a man Time magazine called one of the seven best preachers in America. "The theme of this book," writes Peter Gomes in his introduction, "is the risk and the joy of the Bible: risk in that we might get it wrong, and joy in the discovery of the living Word becoming flesh. It is around this theme that I formulate three basic questions which the thoughtful reader

Brings to the Bible: What is it? How is it used? What does it have to say to me?" With compassion, humor, and insight, Gomes gives us the tools we need to make the Bible a dynamic part of our daily lives - and reminds us that the Bible is not just doctrine and interpretation, but one of the most available and extraordinary means by which we are brought into proximity with the divine

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