{"product_id":"sinners-greg-carey-9781602581463","title":"Sinners: Jesus and His Earliest Followers","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow did early Christians remember Jesus--and how did they develop their own \"Christian\" identities and communities? In this accessible and revelatory book, Greg Carey explores how transgression contributed to early Christian identity in the Gospels, Acts, Letters of Paul, and Revelation. Carey examines Jesus as a friend of sinners, challenger of purity laws, transgressor of conventional masculine values of his time, and convicted seditionist. He looks at early Christian communities as out of step with \"respectable\" practices of their time. Finally, he provides examples of contemporary Christians whose faith requires them to \"do the right thing,\" even when it means violating current definitions of \"respectability.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Greg Carey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1602581460\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781602581463\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Baylor University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/20\/2009 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2010 pg. 36","brand":"Greg Carey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43938629484799,"sku":"9781602581463","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_76217bff-1057-42cb-b883-eeba198795d3.jpg?v=1681436816","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sinners-greg-carey-9781602581463","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}