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Saving Paradise
by Rebecca Ann Parker 2020-07-10 07:53:17
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One of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2008  During their first millennium, Christians filled their sanctuaries with images of Christ as a living presence-as a shepherd, teacher, healer, or an enthroned god. He is serene and surround... Read more
One of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2008  During their first millennium, Christians filled their sanctuaries with images of Christ as a living presence-as a shepherd, teacher, healer, or an enthroned god. He is serene and surrounded by lush scenes, depictions of this world as paradise. Yet once he appeared as crucified, dying was virtually all Jesus seemed able to do, and paradise disappeared from the earth. Saving Paradise turns a fascinating new lens on Christianity, from its first centuries to the present day, asking how its early vision of beauty evolved into a vision of torture, and what changes in society and theology marked that evolution. It also retrieves, for today, a life-affirming Christianity that the world sorely needs. Less
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  • 9 X 6 X 1.42 in
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  • Beacon Press
  • July 1, 2008
  • eng
  • 9780807097632
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Rebecca Ann Parker
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 Rev. Rita Nakashima Brock, Ph.D., is Founding Co-Director of Faith Voices for the Common Good, an organization dedicated to educating the public about the values and concerns of religious leader...
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