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The First Christmas, Dominic Crossan and Marcus Borg. SPCK, 2008, £7.99. In The First Christmas, two of today's top Jesus scholars show how history has biased our reding of the nativity story as it appears in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. The First Christmas ex0lores the beginning of the life of Christ, peeling away the sentimentalism that has built up over two thousand years around this most well known of all stories to reveal the truth of what the Gospels actually say. Borg nd Crossan help us to see this familiar narrative afresh by answering the question 'What do these stories actually mean?' from the perspetive of both the first and the twenty-first centuries. The Christ story, read in tis original context, is far richer and more challenging than people imagine. |
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The Re-Enchantment of Morality: Wisdom for a troubled world, Richard Harris. SPCK, 2008, £10.99. Society is confused about morality. Traditional Christian approaches are widely rejected while secular thinking offers little help. Richard Harris sets out an understanding of the relationship between Christianity and the decisions we make, which re-enchants morality with a profound appeal. He then considers this in relation to the four great drivers of human conduct - sex, money, power and fame - drawing on the biblical theme of Divine Wisdom and the radical teaching of Jesus. He does so ever aware that all decisions, not just our personal ones, have a moral basis, including political and economic choices | |
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Contemplating Change, changing the world, Mario Aguilar. SPCK, 2008, £12.99. Contemplating God, changing the world introduces six inspiring figures of the twentieth century - Thomas Merton, Ernesto Cardenal, Daniel Berrigan, Sheila Cassidy, Desmond Tutu and Mother Teresa - each of whom embraces a lie or prayer, spending time in conversation with and contemplation of God. In this way, God gives them courage and understanding, not just to grow in personal holiness but to help people in need, to empathize with those who are suffering and to become one with God and with others. | |
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What am I doing here? A beginner's guide to church, Hilary Brand, with cartoons by David Walker. Church House, 2008, £4.99. Gave you ever wondered what church is all about? What am I doing here? is a beginner's guide to church, written by an ordinary pew-dweller who has asked the same questions as you. The books uses the structure of the Holy Communion/Eucharist service to demonstrate that church is actually about meeting our deepest needs, needs that are ultimately only satisfied in meeting with our Maker. | |
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I Am Somewhere Else: Gospel Reflections on an Emerging Church, Barbara Glasson. Darton, Longman and Todd, 2008, £9/95. I Am Somewhere Else presents a spirituality arising from the experience of an unusal and innovative ministry in the centre of Liverpool. Barbara Glasson cherishes 'the bread church': an inclusive faith community where people gather to bake bread and worship God together. Her remarkable reflections on the journey of faith, from the point of view of a theologian and a breadmaker, will enthral readers both inside and outside the church. |
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