Title:
The good book : reading the Bible with mind and heart / Peter J. Gomes.
Author:
Gomes, Peter J.
Publication Information:
San Francisco : HarperSanFrancisco, [2002], ©1996.
Call Number:
BS511.2 .G66 2002X
ISBN:
9780060088309
Physical Description:
xv, 383 pages ; 24 cm
General Note:
"First HarperSanFrancisco edition"--T.p. verso.
"A hardcover edition of this book was published in 1996 by William Morrow and Company, Inc. A paperback edition of this book was published in 1998 by Bard Books, an imprint of Avon Books, Inc."--T.p. verso.
Contents:
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.
Personal Author:
Award Note:
