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 Jesus of Nazareth, King of the
Jews : A Jewish Life
and the Emergence of Christianity **
By Paula Fredriksen, Paula Fredericksen
Paperback / Dec 2000
"At the center of
her book she brings us to the questions raised by
the least disputed fact about Jesus' life: his
death."-- "Why was crucifixion chosen as the means
of execution? If Jesus was executed as a political
insurrectionist, why were none of his followers
executed or even arrested?"-- "The author's quest
in search of the answers takes us through the
religious world - Jewish and pagan - of
Mediterranean antiquity, through the tangle of
Judean and Galilean politics, and through the
surprisingly intimate social interactions of Jewish
and gentile communities in the ancient city. And it
is through the Gospel of John -- a text out of
favor in most academic reconstructions -- that she
finds the answer to the interpretive dilemma posed
by Jesus' execution and his disciples' survival."
-- Book jacket of
hard cover edition.
Aslo in
hardcover
 Rabbi Jesus : An Intimate
Biography *
by Bruce Chilton / Paperback / Feb 2002
Chilton (a professor of
religion at Bard College and an Episcopal priest)
argues that Jesus was "an inspired rabbi with an
exclusively Jewish agenda." Thus, "everything Jesus
did was as a Jew, for Jews, and about Jews." Rabbi
Jesus patiently explores these notions in a
straightforward, accessible style, drawing on a
wealth of Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic, Coptic, and
Syriac texts. Readers find the book readable;
enlightening say some; speculative say
others.
 Why Forgive? *
by Johann Christoph
Arnold, Steve Chalke (Foreword)
Hardcover / March
2000
Arnold ventures beyond
biblical cliches to delve into the hearts and minds
of victims of unforgivable acts. Readers ache with
pain, seethe with rage, and yearn for retribution
only to watch in stunned disbelief as victims
extend the hand of forgiveness to the enemy. As
poignant and unique as each story is, their common
bond is the revelation that the only way to move
beyond the pain is to let go of the anger. / Top
Amazon.com reader reviews.
 The Road to
Forgiveness
By Bill Griffiths, Cindy Griffiths / Hardcover /
May 2001
This is the story of how
Cindy and Bill Griffiths came to forgive -- and
eventually befriend -- the woman who, while driving
drunk, killed their daughter, Robyn, and Cindy's
mother, Janice, in a horrible automobile accident
in June 1996. It is a moving, first-person account
of the transforming work God can do in the midst of
tragedy.
 Help My
Unbelief
by Fleming Rutledge /
Hardcover / August 2000)
Fleming Rutledge's first
book, The Bible and the New York Times, has been
hailed for its up-to-the-minute relevance to
contemporary life. With this new volume Rutledge
speaks directly to readers who are plagued by
doubts and uncertainties about Christian faith.
Provocative, learned, and displaying the elegance
of expression for which Rutledge is well
known.
Paul:
 A
Novel
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by Walter Wangerin , Jr. / Hardcover / July
2000
Walter Wangerin, the
highly acclaimed scholar and writer, has breathed
new life into this fiery, enigmatic, and passionate
figure in what should be celebrated as a seriously
good work of literature.
The novel, which combines
expert knowledge and prophetic imagination, charts
the first exhilarating and dangerous years of the
church after the death of Christ. It is seen
through the eyes of the witnesses--Priscilla, who
meets Paul in Corinth; Barnabus, Timothy, and
Titus, his companions; James and Simon Peter, the
"pillar" of the first Christians; and Seneca, the
great Roman writer, statesman, and adviser to
Nero.
 Post-Modern
Pilgrims:
First Century Passion for the 21st Century
Church
by Leonard Ira Sweet / Hardcover / July 2000
Postmodern pilgrims must
strive to keep the past and the future in perpetual
conversation so every generation will find a fresh
expression of the Gospel that is anchored solidly
to "the faith that was once for all delivered." By
the author of Aqua Church, also listed on this
page.
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 Papal Sin : Structures of
Deceit
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by Garry Wills / Hardcover / June 2000
Wills says that today
Roman Catholics are hung up on the idea that the
Vatican can do no wrong--and that idea, he says,
may destroy the Church. In his briskly written
polemic, he argues that the Vatican is out of
touch. He traces the rise of the papacy's stubborn
resistance to the truth, beginning with the
challenges posed in the nineteenth century by
science, democracy, scriptural scholarship, and
rigorous history. The legacy of that resistance,
despite the brief flare of John XXIII's papacy and
some good initiatives in the 1960s by the Second
Vatican Council (later baffled), is still strong in
the Vatican, he writes.
This book is not just for
Roman Catholics. Many will find it interesting, for
when the Pope speaks, people listen. What the book
seems to say is that with growing frequency
listeners disregard what they hear.
Garry Wills has had
a distinguished career as an author, with books
such as Lincoln at Gettysburg (for which he received the
1993 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction),
John Wayne's
America, a
biography of St. Augustine, and A Necessary Evil: A History
of American Distrust of Governmentt.
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 AD:2,000
Years of Christianity
Edited by Christopher
Howse / hardcover / Jan 2000
The story of Christianity
is told through the people who made things happen.
Each page is illustrated with wonderful color
pictures, reproductions of the finest achievements
of Christian art, newsreel shots and timelines. The
succinct, journalistic style of writing gives a
clear and informed overview of Christian history.
Published by SPCK, it originally ran as a glossy
6-part serial in The Daily Telegraph.
Telegraph
review
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 The Case for Christ
: A Journalist's
Personal Investigation of the Evidence for
Jesus *
By Lee Strobel / Paperback / Sept 1998
Not too many years ago, I
was an atheist. My agnostic wife's conversion to
Christianity prompted me to use my legal training
(M.S.L., Yale Law School) and journalism experience
(I was the legal editor of "The Chicago Tribune")
to systematically investigate whether there's any
credible evidence that Jesus is the unique Son of
God. "The Case for Christ" retraces the two-year
quest that rocked my world. But instead of me
merely describing the evidence that convinced me
Christianity is true, I interviewed thirteen
leading scholars and experts, posing to them the
tough questions I had when I was a skeptic. -- Lee
Strobel
 The Case for Faith
: A Journalist
Investigates the Toughest Objections to
Christianity *
By Lee Strobel / Paperback / Oct 2000
Award-winning reporter and
author Lee Strobel once again uses his
investigative skills to address the primary
objections to Christianity. As a former atheist,
Strobel understands the rational resistance to
faith. He even names the eight most convincing
arguments against Christian faith.
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Aqua
Church: Essential
Leadership Arts for Piloting Your Church in Today's
Fluid Culture
by Leonard Ira Sweet
This the book that Bishop
Cronberger once spoke of at the Diocese of Newark's
Convention. The Drew University professor presents
a creative approach to those who are seeking to be
post modern Christians in a post modern church. He
provides the convinced, the seeker and the hesitant
with a new way of looking at the Christian faith,
the church and the future.
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Stealing
Jesus:
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How Fundamentalism
Betrays Christianity
by Bruce Bawer
The author points out that
the supposedly "traditional" beliefs of American
fundamentalism--about which most mainstream
Christians, clergy included, know shockingly
little--are in fact of relatively recent origin,
are distinctively American in many ways, and are
dramatically at odds with the values that Jesus
actually spread. (Paperback)
NY
Times review
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Meeting
Jesus Again for the First Time *by Marcus J. Borg *
New Testament scholar
Marcus Borg attempts to understand how popular
images of Jesus connect Christians to their savior
and isolate them from him. (Paperback)
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The
Heart of Christianity:
Rediscovering a Life of Faith
by Marcus J. Borg
For the millions of people
who have turned away from many traditional beliefs
about God, Jesus, and the Bible, but still long for
a relevant, nourishing faith, Borg shows why the
Christian life can remain a transforming
relationship with God.
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The
Great Unfrocked:
Two Thousand Years of Church Scandal
by Matthew Parris, Nick Angel
"An immensely enjoyable
intellectual romp though centuries of clerical
misdemeanour" - Matthew D'Ancona in The Sunday
Telegraph
"This delightful romp
through two thousand years of church scandal ...
This is a hoot of a book" - Michael Brown in The
Yorkshire Post
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No
Future without Forgiveness *
by Desmond Mpilo Tutu
The story of South African
Truth and Reconciliation Commission and a
meditation on evil and forgiveness.
This is an incredible, disturbing, and ultimately
uplifting testament to the power of faith and
forgiveness.
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Friendship
with God: An Uncommon Dialogue **
by Neale Donald Walsch
The author of the
bestselling Conversations with God urges each of us
to forge our own unique relationship with God, a
God who is everywhere and speaks to us in all we
do. It is up to us to stop and listen. It is up to
us to respond . . . to begin the
conversation.
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Mere
Christianity:
Comprising the Case for Christianity, Christian
Behaviour, and Beyond Personality **
by C. S. Lewis
Paperback / newly released Feb 2001
This twentieth-century
masterpiece provides an unequaled opportunity for
believers and nonbelievers alike hear a powerful,
rational case for the Chrisitan faith.
About
C.S. Lewis
by Michael Ward
Readers
Guide and Questions for Discussion
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The
Screwtape Letters:
Also Includes 'Screwtape Proposes a Toast' *
by C. S. Lewis
Paperback / newly released Feb 2001
A masterpiece of satire,
this classic has entertained and enlightened
readers the world over with its sly and ironic
portrayal of human life from the vantage point of
Screwtape, a highly placed assistant to "Our Father
Below."
About
C.S. Lewis
by Michael Ward
Readers
Guide and Questions for Discussion
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C.
S. Lewis Signature Classics
By C. S. Lewis
6 paperbacks in slip case
Paperback / newly released Feb 2001
Mere Christianity, The
Screwtape Letters, A Grief Observed, The Great
Divorce, The Problem of Pain, and Miracles in new
2001 publisher's editions attractively packaged in
slip case.
About
C.S. Lewis
by Michael Ward
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C.S.
 Lewis: Images of His
World
By Douglas Gilbert and Clyde S. Kilby. / Hardcover
/ Oct 2005
This classic 1973 book,
re-issued to coincide with HollywoodÕs attention to
C.S. LewisÕs Narnia series, offers readers a
Òpersonal introductionÓ to Lewis through photo and
text. Kilby, an English professor who died in 1986,
was a friend of LewisÕs, and strikes an admiring
tone in an opening essay on the great writerÕs
spiritual evolution from atheist to Christian. Then
LewisÕs early life is presented in the usual sepia
manner: we see the expected photos from his boyhood
in Belfast, but we also glimpse facsimiles of some
of the child prodigyÕs illustrated stories about
ÒAnimal-Land.Ó That approach is followed in the
rest of the book as well, which is not a simple
photo-biography so much as a generous homage to the
places Lewis lived and loved. GilbertÕs
photos&emdash;of Magdalen Tower in Oxford, of the
pub where the Inklings read their work aloud, of
beloved landscapes in England, Ireland, and
Scotland&emdash;blend with historical images of
Lewis and his companions. Although some of
GilbertÕs own photos of people and urban scenes
seem dated, the landscapes are timeless and
gorgeous. The book closes with a helpful chronology
of LewisÕs life. - Publishers Weekly
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An interesting link for suggestions
for further reading:
The
100 Best Spiritual Books of the 20th
Century
Compiled by Philip Zaleski, editor of The Best
Spiritual Writing series.
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