Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Christian origins Christian origins Jonathan Knight This is an introductory account of the emergence of Christianity as we know it today. Dealing with the Jewish background to Jesus and such crucial issues as the Synoptic problem, it provides a detail… OL11237333W
Il volto del Cristo dualista Il volto del Cristo dualista Enrico Riparelli Questo lavoro si configura come un'indagine su una serie di antiche correnti religiose di orientamento dualista, con lo scopo principale di analizzare come esse hanno compreso e presentato la figura … OL13657741W
Did the first Christians worship Jesus? Did the first Christians worship Jesus? James D. G. Dunn To answer the title question effectively requires more than the citing of a few texts; we must first acknowledge that the way to the answer is more difficult than it appears and recognize that the an… OL15055047W
Jesus Wars Jesus Wars Philip Jenkins,John Philip Jenkins Jesus Wars reveals how official, orthodox teaching about Jesus was the product of political maneuvers by a handful of key characters in the fifth century. Jenkins argues that were it not for these co… OL15188596W
Calvin and the Reformed Tradition Calvin and the Reformed Tradition Richard A. Muller Richard Muller, a world-class scholar of the Reformation era, examines the relationship of Calvin's theology to the Reformed tradition, indicating Calvin's place in the tradition as one of several si… OL16705308W
Jesus for the Non-Religious Jesus for the Non-Religious John Shelby Spong Bishop John Shelby Spong has been on a life-long quest to rescue the church from irrelevancy. In JESUS FOR THE NONRELIGIOUS, he takes aim at the church’s core belief: who is Jesus. He first strips th… OL1816751W
What Have They Done with Jesus? What Have They Done with Jesus? Ben Witherington Strange theories about Jesus seem to ooze from our culture with increasing regularity. Popular books and network TV specials proposing bizarre, historically unfounded tales of Jesus's mysterious bloo… OL275076W
Jesus in America Jesus in America Richard Wightman Fox "This book is for believers and non-believers alike. It is not a book about whether one should believe in Jesus, but about how Americans have believed in and portrayed him." (From the Introduction)Je… OL3252376W
What have they done with Jesus? What have they done with Jesus? Ben Witherington Strange theories about Jesus seem to ooze from our culture with increasing regularity. Popular books and network TV specials proposing bizarre, historically unfounded tales of Jesus' mysterious blood… OL50275W
John's Apologetic Christology John's Apologetic Christology James F. McGrath "The Gospel according to John presents Jesus in a unique way as compared with other New Testament writings. Scholars have long puzzled and pondered over why this should be. In this book, James McGrat… OL8325215W
The Quest for the Cuban Christ The Quest for the Cuban Christ MIGUEL A. DE LA TORRE "Miguel De La Torre juxtaposes two disciplines long considered mutually exclusive - liberation theology and postmodernity - to test the relationship between the faith of marginalized Cuban groups and… OL9606764W