| The Good Book: Reading the Bible with Mind and Heart Contributor(s): Gomes, Peter J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060088303 ISBN-13: 9780060088309 Publisher: HarperOne OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2002 Annotation: A new edition of the "New York "Times" bestseller from the man "Time" magazine hailed as one of America's best preachers. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Studies - General - Religion | Biblical Commentary - General - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - General |
| Dewey: 220.1 |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6.04" W x 9.16" (0.96 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Theometrics - Mainline - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Bible and the social and moral consequences that derive from its interpretation are all too important to be left in the hands of the pious or the experts, and too significant to be ignored and trivialized by the uninformed and indifferent. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gomes, Peter J.: - Peter J. Gomes has been minister of Harvard University's Memorial Church since 1974, when he was appointed Pusey Minister of the church, and serves as Plummer Professor of Christian Morals. An American Baptist minister, he was named one of America's top preachers by Time magazine. He is the recipient of thirty-three honorary degrees and an Honorary Fellow of Emmanuel College, the University of Cambridge, England, where the Gomes Lectureship is established in his name. |