When Jesus Came to Harvard Making Moral Choices Today

Name: When Jesus Came to Harvard Making Moral Choices Today
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ISBN: 9780618067442

ISBN-10: 0618067442

ISBN-13: 9780618067442

Edition: 2004 (Teachers Edition, Instructors Manual, etc.)

Authors: Harvey Cox

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Over the fifteen years that Harvey Cox taught his Harvard undergraduate class Jesus and the Moral Life, the course grew so popular that the lectures had to be taught in a theater usually reserved for rock concerts. The overwhelming response was a clear signal of the hunger for guidance in today's confusing world, where moral guidelines seem to shift daily. How can we ask today "What Would Jesus Do?," when Jesus never had to cope with an unintended pregnancy, or confront a teenage daughter about her drug use, or decide whether to put an ailing parent in a retirement home?In his new book, Cox brings the moral wisdom of Rabbi Jesus into the twenty-first century by way of the questions,…

Book details

List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Publication date: 12/1/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

He is the Thomas Professor of Divinity at Harvard University & the author of the groundbreaking The Secular City. His book The Seduction of the Spirit was nominated for a National Book Award. He writes & lectures widely on issues of religion & culture. He is married and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.



Introduction



He Was Then, We Are Now



Rabbi Jesus on the Scene



A World Full of Stories



Stories they Told About Him



The Ballad of the Begats



Picking Just the Right Woman



Exiles from Eden



The Gurus and the Usual Suspects



Riffing on Simeon



Beat the Devil



The Campaign Begins



Stories He Told



Jesus Retells His People's Story



Salt and Lamps



The Rabbi Teaches Torah



Parables and Zen Slaps



The Crooked CEO and the Spoiled Brat



Why the Crowds Came



The Armageddon Syndrome



More Stories They Told About Him



The Transfiguration and the Prophet's Night Journey



Bridge Burning and Street Theater



Trial and Retrial



Dead Man Walking



Reason, Emotion, and Torture



It Had to Be Done



A World Without God?



The Easter Story



The Laughter of the Universe


Postscript


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index