Tell It Slant A Conversation on the Language of Jesus in His Stories and Prayers

Name: Tell It Slant A Conversation on the Language of Jesus in His Stories and Prayers
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ISBN: 9780802868862

ISBN-10: 080286886X

ISBN-13: 9780802868862

Edition: 2012

Authors: Eugene Peterson

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The fourth volume in Peterson's best-selling "conversations" in spiritual theologyJust as God used words both to create the world and to give us commandments, we too use words for many different purposes. In fact, we use the same language to talk to each other and to talk to God. Can our everyday speech, then, be just as important as the words and prayers we hear from the pulpit? Eugene Peterson unequivocally says "Yes!"Peterson's Tell It Slant explores how Jesus used language, particularly in his parables and prayers. His was not a direct language of information or instruction but an indirect, oblique language requiring a participating imagination -- "slant" language. Tell It Slant…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Publication date: 9/21/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 297
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English