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Saving Paradise examines the effects of the crucifixion becoming Christianity’s defining image when, for the first ten Christian centuries it was never depicted. It explores what this shift in focus has done to our understanding and practice of faith, and raises deeply significant questions for the church today. Beginning with a masterly survey of Christian imagery in early art, church architecture and spiritual writing, Saving Paradise reveals a rich visual world filled with images of Christ as shepherd, guide and healer, and of the earth as paradise once again. When the crucified Jesus appears, the history of Christianity in the world takes a dramatically different turn and violence and sacrifice in God’s name is sanctioned. This profoundly challenging book examines the consequences of this for us today and asks how we can rediscover our lost spiritual heritage.

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"As detailed in a remarkable new book from theologians and historians Rita Nakashima Brock and Rebecca Ann Parker, Saving Paradise: How Christianity Traded Love of This World for Crucifixion and Empire." "I would highly recommend this book to all those who are searching for a life affirming image of the future of God and who desire to follow a Christ who defeated death and transfigured the world with the Spirit of life." "The pithy opening paragraph of Saving Paradise sets up its startling premise: 'It took Jesus a thousand years to die. Images of his corpse did not appear in churches until the tenth century.' ...Parker and Brock reveal the early Christian community did not so much draw inspiration from suffering and the next world, but from earthly life and a vision of paradise." In the best tradition of theological inquiry, "Saving Paradise" provides a history and a theology that helps us engage the pressing problems of the world. . . . In "Saving Paradise", Brock and Parker have brought forward a bright thread of the Christian tapestry that had been in the background, largely ignored. In so doing they have made accessible rich and vivid theological resources. --Margaret R. Miles, "Christian Century" "This humane and often beautiful study of faith, loss and hope straddles the boundary between historical discovery and spiritual writing." --"Publishers Weekly", starred review ""Saving Paradise" offers eye-opening explorations of the mixture of spiritual vision and myopia that marked many of the great figures of Western Christianity. Its rich text and the additional material in its notes should spur readers to examine both the darkness and th "This humane and often beautiful study of faith, loss, and hope straddles the boundary between historical discovery and spiritual writing." --Publishers Weekly, starred review"This powerful, unprecedented, and compelling book brings real Christianity out of the shadows." --George Lakoff, author of Don't Think of an Elephant!"Only rarely is a single book an event. This book is such a rarity." --Professor Daniel C. Maguire, author of A Moral Creed for All Christians


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  • ISBN-13: 9781848252097
  • Publisher: Canterbury Press Norwich
  • Publisher Imprint: Canterbury Press Norwich
  • Height: 216 mm
  • No of Pages: 576
  • Sub Title: Recovering Christianity's Forgotten Love for this Earth
  • ISBN-10: 1848252099
  • Publisher Date: 31 Jul 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Width: 135 mm


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