Hanging by a Thread: The Questions of the Cross
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| Rating | : | 4.39 (992 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0898699770 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 72 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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Samuel Wells is Vicar of St. . Prior to relocating to the United Kingdom, Wells served as Dean of the Chapel and Research Professor of Christian Ethics at Duke University. Martin in the Fields, London, and the author of many acclaimed books
Wells has a gift for using simple language to make us look at familiar ideas in a new way. Hanging by a Thread would be excellent for individual slow reading during Lent, and its chapters could lend themselves to group consideration.'--Philip Welsh "Church Times " . 'These are searching reflections that challenge superficial thinking, and at their best when they help us to feel afresh the shock and sheer subversiveness of the cross
Audience: Laity, clergy, seekers. This brilliant series of theological reflections from internationally known scholar and Anglican cleric Samuel Wells reflects on the challenges of our understanding of Christ's crucifixion that arise today using contemporary ideas in history, biblical studies, and philosophy. Wells deals with such questions as: ""Does the improbability of one event having significance for everything, everywhere, for all time leave our faith hanging by a thread?"" ""Does the possibility that elements of the story did not actually happen leave our Christian heritage hanging by a thread?"" ""Does the history of persecution that flowed from the classical belief that the Jews were responsible for Jesus' death leave our morality hanging by a thread?"" After reflecting upon six biblical stories, Wells discovers that the cross has an enduring power to shape how we live, how we relate to one another, and how we allow ourselves to be enfolded in God's story