Reading the Bible with the Damned

Name: Reading the Bible with the Damned
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ISBN: 9780664229177

ISBN-10: 0664229174

ISBN-13: 9780664229177

Edition: 2005

Authors: Bob Ekblad

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Exploring the challenges that both the churched and the unchurched have faced regarding giving and receiving the Word of God, Bob Ekblad encourages us all to learn to read the Bible together as a whole. In this compelling book, he reflects on how Christians have often found it difficult to proclaim God's good news to every realm of society, while those who have needed it most have frequently deemed themselves unworthy due to social circumstances or sinfulness. In Reading the Bible with the Damned, Ekblad offers concrete advice on how to bridge this gap through a variety of insights ultimately leading to spiritual transformation. This book is full of examples of how Scripture changes lives…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date: 9/19/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Preface



Reading Scripture for the Liberation of the Not-Yet-Believing



New Beginnings Require New Readings: Reading Genesis in and out of Jail



Getting Back into the Garden



God Empowers the Down and Out: Nonheroic Reading of the Patriarchal Narratives



Encountering God in Exodus and at Today's Margins



God's Empowering Call to the People: Reading Isaiah with Exiles



Reading and Praying the Psalms



Reading the Gospels with Tax Collectors and Sinners



Following Jesus, the Good Coyote: Reading Paul with Undocumented Immigrants


Notes