This book focuses on biblical stories about women, collected in one volume, paraphrases and interprets them from multiple and diverse scholars and in addition highlights the benefits and problems of the stories for contempory women.
Homosexuality is a conflict-ridden issue in religion. One factor leading to negative attitudes is interpretation regarding the Bible's stance on the subject. Alice Ogden Bellis and Terry L. Hufford provide a new approach to the subject by focusing on the way biblical interpreters have responded to other historical, scientific advances that ...
Since at least the 19th century Hebrew Bible scholarship has traditionally seen priests and prophets as natural opponents, with different social spheres and world views. In recent years several studies have started to question this perspective. The present volume, arising from a meeting of the Prophetic Texts and their Ancient Contexts Group of ...
The beloved hymn "Amazing Grace" sets forth a basic Christian belief -- that God's grace sets us free. Noting how even faithful worshipers resist admitting the need for God's grace and instead believe they are in control of their spiritual lives, Alice Ogden Bellis explores some of the misunderstandings most of us have about our religion that ...
Presents the creative theological writing of students of the Howard University School of Divinity on the biblical minor prophets. Through modern oracles written in the style of the prophets, sermons and essays, the students have reinterpreted the texts for a contemporary audience.
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