Christ on Trial: How the Gospel Unsettles Our Judgment Paperback - 2003
by Williams, Rowan
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- Title Christ on Trial: How the Gospel Unsettles Our Judgment
- Author Williams, Rowan
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 2nd Paperback Ed
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 141
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., U.S.A.
- Date 2003-07-01
- Features Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # U04A-04783
- ISBN 9780802824967 / 080282496X
- Weight 0.41 lbs (0.19 kg)
- Dimensions 8.3 x 5.32 x 0.43 in (21.08 x 13.51 x 1.09 cm)
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Themes
- Religious Orientation: Christian
- Theometrics: Mainline
- Library of Congress subjects Jesus Christ - Trial
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003060076
- Dewey Decimal Code 232
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From the rear cover
Bringing the biblical accounts of Jesus' trial vividly to life, Rowan Williams highlights what can be learned about Jesus from each of the four Gospel portraits. Mark shows a mysterious figure revealed as the Son of God. Matthew describes the Wisdom of God tried by foolish men. Luke presents a divine stranger. John speaks of the paradox of divinity submitting to judgement. These illuminating discussions are followed by a reflection on Christian martyrdom and a meditation on tyranny, freedom, and truth. A set of discussion questions and a thought-provoking prayer after each chapter make "Christ on Trial" an ideal book for study groups.
Throughout the book Williams draws not only from the Bible but also from fiction, drama, and current events, pointing up ways in which society today continues to put Christ on trial. Even more, he argues that "all" Christians stand with Jesus before a watching world. Though we may not be directly confronted with death, we are nevertheless called daily to respond to the falsehood of such lures as power, influence, and prestige.
Several words aptly describe this book by Rowan Williams: Profound. Incisive. Literary. Contemporary. Relevant. Prophetic. "Christ on Trial" will move and change those who read it.
