Toward a Culture of Freedom: Reflections on the Ten Commandments Today by Lorenzen, Thorwald

Toward a Culture of Freedom: Reflections on the Ten Commandments Today (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781498210737)

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Toward a Culture of Freedom: Reflections on the Ten Commandments Today by Lorenzen, Thorwald

Toward a Culture of Freedom: Reflections on the Ten Commandments Today

$51.00
Toward a Culture of Freedom: Reflections on the Ten Commandments Today by Lorenzen, Thorwald

Toward a Culture of Freedom: Reflections on the Ten Commandments Today

$51.00
Format: Hardcover
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The Ten Commandments belong to the "classics" of Western culture. They are an authoritative part of the Hebrew and the Christian Scriptures. Since they come to us from an ancient past, it is both necessary and worthwhile to inquire what they may mean for us today. Thorwald Lorenzen contends it is important to hear God's invitation to an alternative lifestyle: "you shall not kill," "you shall not commit adultery," "you shall not covet." His thoughtful reflections on the commandments for today's tumultuous world begin with the God who "speaks" ten word to liberate God's people from oppression. Grounded in God's liberating "yes," the "ten words" are neither laws nor rules. They are elements for a culture of freedom in which people are invited to celebrate life.

Author: Thorwald Lorenzen
ISBN-10: 1498210732
ISBN-13: 9781498210737
Publisher: Cascade Books
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2008
Pages: 262
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.22lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d
By Thorwald Lorenzen
By Thorwald Lorenzen
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Thorwald Lorenzen is Professor of Theology at Charles Sturt University; a guest lecturer at St. Mark's Theological Center and Whitley College, University of Melbourne; and a Principal Researcher within the Public and Contextual Theology Strategic Research Centre (PACT), Charles Sturt University, in Canberra, Australia. He is author of Resurrection and Discipleship: Interpretive Models, Biblical Reflections, Theological Consequences (1995 and 2003) and Resurrection--Discipleship--Justice: Affirming the Resurrection of Jesus Christ Today (2003).

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