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SAVING PARADISE: How Christianity Traded Love of This World for Crucifixion and

SAVING PARADISE: How Christianity Traded Love of This World for Crucifixion and Empire Hardcover - 2008

by Rita Nakashima Brock and Rebecca Ann Parker

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Boston: Beacon Press, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fair. 552p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a fine dustjacket. Underlining in pencil toward the beginning, but the vast majority of the text is unmarked, and the binding is tight. Jacket fully intact. Explores the history of artistic depictions of the crucified Christ, and its implications about Church history and the development of theology.
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  • Title SAVING PARADISE: How Christianity Traded Love of This World for Crucifixion and Empire
  • Author Rita Nakashima Brock and Rebecca Ann Parker
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition, First Printing
  • Condition Used - Fair
  • Pages 552
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Beacon Press, Boston
  • Date 2008
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 187320
  • ISBN 9780807067505 / 0807067504
  • Weight 2.14 lbs (0.97 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.72 x 1.79 in (23.62 x 17.07 x 4.55 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Creation, Nature - Religious aspects - Christianity
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007038363
  • Dewey Decimal Code 230.09

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From the publisher

Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-515) and index.

Media reviews

Only rarely is a single book an event. This book is such a rarity. Rita Brock and Rebecca Parker show that solid scholarship can be expressed with passion and literary grace as they recover the beauty of an earth-loving Christianity lost for a thousand years beneath dry creeds and formulae and poisonous myths of sacralized violence.—Daniel C. Maguire, author of A Moral Creed for All Christians

"Every Christian theologian and preacher should read this book and be profoundly challenged."—James H. Cone, author of Malcolm & Martin & America

"Saving Paradise challenges us to recover an ancient world view that is life transforming and earth affirming. It reminds us of a biblical perspective that does not reserve paradise for the dead but invites the living to find grace, justice, peace and compassion-here and now-amid the jangling discord of violence and war. It may mark the beginning of a paradigm shift in contemporary Christian understanding and interfaith dialogue."—Reverend James A. Forbes, Jr., president and founder of the Healing of the Nations Foundation, senior minister emeritus of the Riverside Church of New York City

"How did Christianity become a religion of finitude and guilt rather than one of promise and celebration? Brock and Parker ran with the evidence, showing us the importance of art, ritual, devotional practices, and liturgical space for early Christians. This tangible past transformed their research and led them to see that paradise in this world lies at the heart of Christianity." —Diane Apostolos-Cappadona, author of Dictionary of Christian Art

"This powerful, unprecedented, and compelling book brings real Christianity out of the shadows. It lights up the religious roots of American society at a time when progressives need to challenge conservative politicians who use Christianity as a false prop for their ideology."—George Lakoff, author of Don't Think of an Elephant!

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