{"product_id":"saving-paradise-rebecca-ann-parker-9780807067543","title":"Saving Paradise: How Christianity Traded Love of This World for Crucifixion and Empire","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fascinating theological study of how early Christianity's message of love and community has evolved into one of punishment and empire\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring their first millennium, Christians filled their sanctuaries with images of Christ as a living presence--as a shepherd, teacher, healer, or an enthroned god. He is serene and surrounded by lush scenes, depictions of this world as paradise. Yet once he appeared as crucified, dying was virtually all Jesus seemed able to do, and paradise disappeared from the earth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaving Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e turns a fascinating new lens on Christianity, from its first centuries to the present day, asking how its early vision of beauty evolved into a vision of torture, and what changes in society and theology marked that evolution. It also retrieves, for today, a life-affirming Christianity that the world sorely needs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rebecca Ann Parker, Rita Nakashima Brock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807067547\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807067543\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Beacon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/18\/2011 pg. 36","brand":"Rebecca Ann Parker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44043556684031,"sku":"9780807067543","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_231bf57f-2ff0-4bba-a8a7-d51c7f948909.jpg?v=1684967842","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/saving-paradise-rebecca-ann-parker-9780807067543","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}