John A. Buehrens, Author, Rebecca Ann Parker, Author . Beacon $24.95 (183p) ISBN 978-0-8070-7738-2
Coauthors Buehrens (A Chosen Faith
) and Parker (Saving Paradise)
, both progressive clergy, engage in conversation with each other and with theologians ancient and modern (Origen, Barth, Buber, J.L. Adams). Using the metaphors of garden, walls,...
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Rita Nakashima Brock, Author, Rebecca Ann Parker, Author . Beacon $34.95 (552p) ISBN 978-0-8070-6750-5
Why are images of the crucified Jesus absent from early Christian art? When Brock and Parker, theologians and coauthors of Proverbs of Ashes
, investigated representations of Christ in Italy and Turkey's first millennium of public art, they...
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Rita Nakashima Brock, Author, Rebecca Ann Parker, Author, Rebecca Ann Parker, Joint Author . Beacon $27.50 (288p) ISBN 978-0-8070-6796-3
"Your maxims are proverbs of ashes!" Thus spoke Job when his friends spouted pious platitudes in the face of his considerable suffering. Brock, a Harvard theologian, and Parker, a seminary president, echo Job's cry in this deep...
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