The Savage Text: The Use and Abuse of the Bible by Thatcher, Adrian

The Savage Text: The Use and Abuse of the Bible (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781405170161)

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The Savage Text: The Use and Abuse of the Bible by Thatcher, Adrian

The Savage Text: The Use and Abuse of the Bible

$45.95
The Savage Text: The Use and Abuse of the Bible by Thatcher, Adrian

The Savage Text: The Use and Abuse of the Bible

$45.95
Format: Paperback
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Misuse of the Bible has made hatred holy. In this provocative book, Adrian Thatcher argues that debates on sexuality currently raging through the churches are the latest outbreak in a long line of savage interpretations of the Bible. Fascinating reading for anyone concerned about the future of Christianity.
  • A provocative book claiming that debates on sexuality currently raging through the churches are the latest outbreak in a long line of savage interpretations of the Bible
  • Argues that the Bible has been abused to convert the "good news" which it brings to the world, into one which has been used to discriminate against many groups, including children, women, Jews, people of color, slaves, heretics, and homosexuals
  • Asks how Christians have been able to conduct, in public and on a global scale, an argument that has exposed so much prejudice, fear and hatred
  • Offers an alternative, faithful and peaceable reading of the Bible, drawing on numerous examples throughout
  • Breaks new ground in debates about sexual ethics and biblical interpretation


Author: Adrian Thatcher
ISBN-10: 1405170166
ISBN-13: 9781405170161
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 10/20/2008
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d
By Adrian Thatcher
By Adrian Thatcher
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Adrian Thatcher is Professorial Research Fellow in Applied Theology at the University of Exeter, UK. He is the author of numerous books, including: Theology and Families (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007); The Guide to Christian Marriage and to Getting Married in Church (2003); Living Together and Christian Ethics (2002); Celebrating Christian Marriage (ed., 2001); Marriage after Modernity: Christian Marriage in Postmodern Times (1999); People of Passion (with Elizabeth Stuart, 1997); Liberating Sex: A Christian Sexual Theology (1993); and Truly a Person, Truly God (1990).

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