Saving Jesus from Those Who Are Right: Rethinking What It Means to Be Christian - Couverture souple

 
9780800629663: Saving Jesus from Those Who Are Right: Rethinking What It Means to Be Christian
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0800629663 ISBN 13 : 9780800629663
Editeur : Augsburg Fortress, 1999

Synopsis

In this theological resource for spiritual transformation and social change, Carter Heyward rethinks the figure and import of Jesus for church, academy, and society.Rather than focus on the endlessly variable pictures of Jesus in contemporary biblical scholarship, and in radical opposition to the Jesus of the "Christian Right," Heyward presents "Jesus as our brother, infused with a sacred power and passion for embodying right (mutual) relation, and ourselves with him in this commitment." She goes on to "explore, concretely, how we might live this way."Wonderfully clear-sighted, this brief, faithful, and intelligent Christology offers reconstructions of incarnation, atonement, evil, suffering, and fear. It also sheds light on the significance of Jesus for ecological, racial, economic, and gender justice. Heyward's book envisions "a mighty counter-cultural force," which she names christic power, that can help save American culture from its greed and domination and save the figure of Jesus from culture-generated distortions. In short, Heyward's book will help people come to terms with the life-changing implications of Jesus' person and ethic. To a generation in search of the transforming potential of Christian commitment, Heyward's most important work offers both spiritual depth and unwavering commitment to the human good.A study guide to this book is available here on fortresspress.com. Click on the tab "Letter from the Author."

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À propos de l'auteur

Carter Heyward is the Howard Chandler Robbins Professor of Theology, Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Éditeur
Augsburg Fortress
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0800629663
ISBN 13 
9780800629663
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
296
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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