Convictions
How I Learned What Matters Most
San Francisco : HarperOne, [2014]
Format: Book
Edition: FIRST EDITION.
Description: xii, 241 pages ; 22 cm
"On the occasion of his 70th birthday ... Borg shares his 'convictions' about Christianity and America, contending that they are both at their best when they focus on hope and transformation, and shares his thoughts on how American Christians can return to what matters most"--Amazon.com.
Contents:
Context matters -- Faith is a journey -- God is real and is a mystery -- Salvation is more about this life than an afterlife -- Jesus is the norm of the Bible -- The Bible can be true without being literally true -- Jesus's death on the cross matters-- but not because he paid for our sins -- The Bible is political -- God is passionate about justice and the poor -- Christians are called to peace and nonviolence -- To love God is to life like God.
Subjects:
Borg, Marcus J.
Borg, Marcus J.
Christianity -- Miscellanea.
Christian biography.
Christian biography.
Christianity.
Borg, Marcus J.
Borg, Marcus J.
Christianity -- Miscellanea.
Christian biography.
Christian biography.
Christianity.
ISBN:
9780062269973
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
RELIGION Christian Bor | Wheatley (Shandon) | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.