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Sex And Politics In Early Christianity
BY ELAINE PAGELS Explores ideas about human nature, moral freedom, and sexuality in the first four centuries after Christ. Pagels links these religious roots of western sexual attitudes to womens lower status through the centuries.
Vintage 1989 224 PP. Paper
$12.95 (low stock)
Rethinking How You Read The Bible
BY SCOT MCKNIGHT Parakeets make delightful pets. We cage them or clip their wings to keep them where we want them. Scot McKnight contends that many, conservatives and liberals alike, attempt the same thing with the Bible. We all try to tame it. Here McKnight challenges al flvors of Christian to rethink how they read the Bible, to see it as a Story that we are summoned to enter and to carry forward in our day.
Zondervan 2008 236 PP. Cloth
$18.99 (low stock)
BY KAREN OBERST Integrating a detailed discussion and the original text, this is a refreshing and modern study of The Sermon on the Mount - the most popular part of the bible for many Quakers. A good resource by a Quaker author from the evangelical tradition. For personal or group study.
Barclay Press 2007 244 PP. Paper
$19.00 (low stock)
A Spiritual Formation Guide
BY LYNDA GRAYBEAL, JULIA ROLLER Examines some of the many portrayals of how God has communicated with individuals in the Bible and throughout history. From Adam and Eve in Genesis 1-11 to Jacob wrestling with God, from hearing God through visions and dreams like Teresa of Avila to experiencing communion with God through nature like Francis of Assisi, this guide helps show the different ways God has communicated with people throughout the ages and guides the reader into an experience of individual interaction with God.
HarperOne 2006 144 PP. Paper
$11.95 (in stock)
Como Los Primeros Amigos
BY MICHAEL BIRKEL, TRANSLATED BY DINORA UVALLE-VAZQUEZ This is an abridged translation of Engaging Scripture: Reading The Bible With Early Friends, in which Michael Birkel invites readers into the meditative way early Friends read the Bible through a close study of early Quaker writings. His own experience encourages contemporary readers to enter scripture through this contemplative Quaker approach, which - like the ancient practice of lectio divina - challenges the reader to be not only informed, but transformed.
Friends United Press 2007 67 PP. Paper
$15.00 (in stock)
Reading The Bible With Early Friends
BY MICHAEL BIRKEL, FOREWORD BY BASIL PENNINGTON In Engaging Scripture, Michael Birkel invites readers into the meditative way early Friends read the Bible through a close study of early Quaker writings. His own experience encourages contemporary readers to enter scripture through this contemplative Quaker approach, which-like the ancient practice of lectio divina-challenges the reader to be not only informed, but transformed.
Friends United Press 2005 152 PP. Paper
$12.00 (in stock)
BY DOROTHY REICHARDT Eight 2-hour units cover the sweep of history and variety of literature in the Bible. Includes a section on sharing feelings about the Bible, historical charts, references to George Fox's Journal, meditations on listening to God, and discussion questions. Used in QSP (Quaker Studies Program).
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting 1991 Looseleaf
BY MARY MORRISON Not a Pendle Hill Pamphlet. Taken from the introduction to her book Approaching the Gospels together. This is short guide to Morrison's ideas on studying the New Testament.
Pendle Hill 1986 26 PP. Paper
$2.00 (low stock)
Conversations With Scripture
BY MARCUS BORG Most Christians are familiar with the story told in Mark's gospel, but no one knows who Mark really was or why this gospel was written. Individual readers and study groups can learn about this earliest gospel from the perspective of most Quakers favorite theologian Marcus Borg.
Morehouse 2009 140 PP. Paper
$16.00 (in stock)
A New Interpretation Of Genesis
BY KAREN ARMSTRONG As the foundation stone of the Jewish and Christian scriptures, The Book of Genesis unfolds some of the most arresting stories of world literature--the Creation; Adam and Eve; Cain and Abel; the sacrifice of Isaac. Yet the meaning of Genesis remains enigmatic. In this fascinating volume, Karen Armstrong, author of the highly acclaimed bestseller A History of God, brilliantly illuminates the mysteries and profundities of this mystifying work.
Ballantine 1996 195 PP. Paper
$14.00 (low stock)
A Bible Study Based On Romans 12
BY ANNE THOMAS Anne's usual sensitive and creative approach is applied here to Paul's "Letter to the Romans," for private meditation or group study.
Argenta 1986 50 PP. Paper
$4.00 (backorder)
The Gospel According To John And The Johannine Letters
BY SCOTT LEWIS Part of the series reviewed in the October 2006 Friends Journal. In which Tony Prete says "This is not the series for you if you are looking for reifications on a literal reading of the text. But if you want a deeper understanding of what the text is really saying, if you want as George Fox may have put it - to be led to the text in a way that will allow it to speak authentically to you, then this series will serve you well".
Liturgical Press 2005 130 PP. Paper
$6.95 (low stock)
The Acts Of The Apostles
BY DENNIS HAMM Part of the series reviewed in the October 2006 Friends Journal. In which Tony Prete says "This is not the series for you if you are looking for reifications on a literal reading of the text. But if you want a deeper understanding of what the text is really saying, if you want as George Fox may have put it - to be led to the text in a way that will allow it to speak authentically to you, then this series will serve you well".
Liturgical Press 2005 135 PP. Paper
The Gospel According To Mark
BY MARIE NOONAN-SABIN Part of the series reviewed in the October 2006 Friends Journal. In which Tony Prete says "This is not the series for you if you are looking for reifications on a literal reading of the text. But if you want a deeper understanding of what the text is really saying, if you want as George Fox may have put it - to be led to the text in a way that will allow it to speak authentically to you, then this series will serve you well".
Liturgical press 2006 160 PP. Paper
$6.95 (in stock)
The Gospel According To Matthew
BY BARBARA REID Required for the 2008 Gathering Workshop #20. The Gospel of Matthew (Gail Thomas). Part of the series reviewed in the October 2006 Friends Journal. In which Tony Prete says "This is not the series for you if you are looking for reifications on a literal reading of the text. But if you want a deeper understanding of what the text is really saying, if you want as George Fox may have put it - to be led to the text in a way that will allow it to speak authentically to you, then this series will serve you well".
Liturgical Press 2005 160 PP. Paper
The Gospel According To Luke
BY JEROME KODELL Part of the series reviewed in the October 2006 Friends Journal. In which Tony Prete says "This is not the series for you if you are looking for reifications on a literal reading of the text. But if you want a deeper understanding of what the text is really saying, if you want as George Fox may have put it - to be led to the text in a way that will alldow it to speak authentically to you, then this series willserve you well".
Liturgical Press 2005 168 PP. Paper
EDITED BY PAUL BUCKLEY AND STEPHEN ANGELL Thirteen very different Quakers look at portions of scripture, describe what they find, and how they found it. Their goal is to encourage every Friend to engage the Bible, "not passively accepting someone else's interpretation; not looking for 'the good parts' and skipping the rest; not contorting scripture to support pre-determined ideas - but entering into a dialog with this ancient book, exploring your own assumptions about God, and deepening your relationship with the divine." - Marty Paxson Grundy Contributors include John Punshon, Howard Macy, Beckey Phipps, Esther Mombo, Anthony Prete, and Deborah Shaw.
Earlham School of Religion 2006 310 PP. Paper
$19.95 (in stock)
A Bishop Rethinks The Meaning Of Scripture
BY JOHN SHELBY SPONG SECONDHAND. Fair condition paperback. Reading copy.
HarperSanFrancisco 1992 267 PP. Paper
$4.00 USED - availability checked Feb 9th 2:39am CST
Seven Meditations On Easter
BY JOSHUA BROWN Quaker Pastor Joshua Browns thought-provoking devotions and meditations about the resurrection. Chapter titles include: Do Not Be Afraid (the basic Easter story according to Matthew) Running Away (the short version according to Mark) A Day of Discovery (the Easter story according to John) From Our Own Graves (Joseph of Arimathea) By Our Side (the Emmaus story) The Disciple from Missouri (Doubting Thomas) How Did It All End? (the Ascension). A USFWI choice for 2009.
Good Read Press 2008 58 PP. Paper
$9.95 (low stock)
Selections Annotated & Explained
SELECTED AND ANNOTATED BY TERESA HORNSBY Discover what the Bible says about sex - with no previous background in theology or religious history. This SkyLight book offers insightful and engaging commentary that explains the historical context and religious worldviews of those who wrote the Bible as well as the role their perspectives play in current social debates. The book encourages you to form your own opinion about what the Bible has to say about sex and gain a deeper understanding of your own sexuality
Skylight Paths 2007 172 PP. Paper
$16.99 (low stock)
Exposing The Bibles Texts Of Hate To Reveal The God Of Love
BY JOHN SHELBY SPONG Bishop John Shelby Spong boldly approaches those texts that have been used through history to justify the denigration or persecution of others while carrying with them the implied and imposed authority of the claim that they were the "Word of God." As he exposes and challenges what he calls the "terrible texts of the Bible," laying bare the evil done by these texts in the name of God, he also seeks to redeem these texts, hoping to recover their ultimate depth and purpose. Spong looks specifically at texts used to justify homophobia, anti-Semitism, treating women as second-class humans, corporal punishment, and environmental degradation.
HarperSanFrancisco 2006 336 PP. Paper
$15.95 (in stock)
BY WALTER BRUEGGEMANN Walter Brueggemann divides his short book into four sections: "The Psalms and the Seasons of Life," "The Psalms of Disorientation," "The Psalms of New Orientation," and "Spirituality and God's Justice." Brueggemann shows the reader the sheer vibrancy of the psalms as a practical approach to faith in today's world and he re-evaluates them in light of literary criticism and liberation theology particularly reflected in quotes from the works of John Updike and Jose Miranda.
Fortress Press 2001 76 PP. Paper
$6.00 (in stock)
