The good book :reading the Bible with mind and heart /Peter J. Gomes.
Description
What's it all about? -- A matter of interpretation -- The Bible in America -- Hard texts and changing times -- The Bible and race : the moral imagination -- The Bible and anti-Semitism : Christianity's original sin -- The Bible and women : the conflicts of inclusion -- The Bible and homosexuality : the last prejudice -- The Bible and the good life -- The Bible and suffering -- The Bible and joy -- The Bible and evil -- The Bible and temptation -- The Bible and wealth -- The Bible and science -- The Bible and mystery.
xv, 383 p. ;24 cm.
Book Details
Author
Gomes, Peter J.
Place Published
City
New York
Date Published
circa 1996
Publication Subjects
Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Call No.
BS 511.2 G66 1996
ISBN
0688134475 (alk. paper)
LCCN
96032069
Notes
Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (p.[354]-375) and index.