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  The Heart of Christianity

  Rediscovering a Life of Faith

  by Marcus J. Borg

  World-renowned Jesus scholar Marcus J. Borg shows how we can live passionately as Christians in today's world by practicing the vital elements of Christian faith. For the millions of people who have turned away from many traditional beliefs about God, Jesus, and the Bible, but still long for a relevant, nourishing faith, Borg shows why the Christian life can remain a transforming relationship with God.... (more)
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  The Last Week: A Day-by-Day Account of Jesus's Final Week in Jerusalem

  by Marcus J. Borg, John Dominic Crossan

  Top Jesus scholars Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan join together to reveal a radical and little-known Jesus. As both authors reacted to and responded to questions about Mel Gibson's blockbuster The Passion of the Christ , they discovered that many Christians are unclear on the details of events during the week leading up to Jesus's crucifixion. Using the gospel of Mark as their guide, Borg and Crossan... (more)
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  Putting Away Childish Things

  A Tale of Modern Faith

  by Marcus J. Borg

  Marcus J. Borg is Hundere Distinguished Professor of Religion and Culture, Emeritus, at Oregon State University, Canon Theologian at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland, Oregon, and author of the bestselling Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time, The Heart of Christianity, Reading the Bible Again for the First Time, The God We Never Knew , and Jesus .In Putting Away Childish Things, Marcus Borg weaves... (more)
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  The First Paul

  Reclaiming the Radical Visionary Behind the Church's Conservative Icon

  by Marcus J. Borg, John Dominic Crossan

  Bestselling authors of The Last Week and The First Christmas , Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan join once again to present a new understanding of early Christianity—this time to reveal a radical Paul who has been suppressed by the church. Paul is second only to Jesus as the most important person in the birth of Christianity, and yet he continues to be controversial, even among Christians. How could... (more)
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  Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time

  The Historical Jesus and the Heart of Contemporary Faith

  by Marcus J. Borg

  Of the many recent books on the historical Jesus, none has explored what the latest biblical scholarship means for personal faith. Now, in Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time, Marcus Borg addresses the yearnings of those who want a fully contemporary faith that welcomes rather than oppresses our critical intelligence and openness to the best of historical scholarship. Borg shows how a rigorous examination of... (more)
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  Reading the Bible Again for the First Time

  Taking the Bible Seriously But Not Literally

  by Marcus J. Borg

  One of the vital challenges facing thoughtful people today is how to read the Bible faithfully without abandoning our sense of truth and history. Reading the Bible Again for the First Time provides a much-needed solution to the problem of how to have a fully authentic yet contemporary understanding of the scriptures. Many mistakenly believe there are no choices other than fundamentalism or simply rejecting the... (more)
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  Meaning of Jesus

  Two Visions

  by Marcus J. Borg, N. T. Wright

  Was Jesus born of a virgin? Did he know he was the messiah? Was he bodily resurrected from the dead? Did he intentionally die to redeem humankind?Was Jesus God? In The Meaning of Jesus two leading Jesus scholars with widely divergent views go right to the heart of these questions and others, presenting the opposing visions of Jesus that shape our faith today. In alternating chapters, Marcus Borg, the most... (more)
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  Speaking Christian

  Why Christian Words Have Lost Their Meaning and Power—And How They Can Be Restored

  by Marcus J. Borg

  Modern Christians are steeped in a language so distorted that it has become a stumbling block to the religion, says internationally renowned Bible scholar Marcus J. Borg. Borg argues that Christianity’s important words, and the sacred texts and stories in which those words are embedded, have been narrowed by a modern framework for the faith that emphasizes sin, forgiveness, Jesus dying for our sins, and the... (more)