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Reading Jesus : A Writer's Encounter with the Gospels by Mary Gordon; OverDrive, Inc is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Reading Jesus : A Writer's Encounter with the Gospels about?

<p><P><i>Reading Jesus</i> is a personal journey through the fundamental Biblical stories. As celebrated author Mary Gordon ponders the intense strangeness of a deity in human form, unresolved moral ambiguities within the text, and the problem posed to her as an enlightened reader by the miracle of the Resurrection. What she rediscovers&mdash;and reinterprets with her signature candor, intelligence, and straightforwardness&mdash;is a rich store of overlapping, sometimes conflicting teachings that feel both familiar and tantalizingly elusive.</p> <h3>The New York Times - Benjamin Anastas</h3> <p>The Jesus we encounter in Gordon's deep and impassioned reading of the Gospels demands the impossible&#8230;offers paradoxes&#8230;forgives without prejudice and makes a startlingly simple promise: "I have come that you may have life and have it more abundantly." Ultimately, <i>Reading Jesus</i> traces one writer's path to the conclusion that no matter the dissonances large and small, belief in this promise and the God who makes it is the beginning of creativity.</p>

Author

Mary Gordon; OverDrive, Inc

Publisher

Anchor Books

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780375424571

Subjects

Memoir, History, Biography