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| Marcus J. Borg | Return to Book Categories |
These are some of the titles we have available in our store. To order these or other titles, please contact us at gtreusch@saintmarks.org or (206) 323-1040.
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The First Christmas: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus' Birth
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A New Collaboration by the Borg-Crossan team! |
The First Paul: Reclaiming the Radical Visionary Behind the Church's Conservative Icon
Bestselling authors of The Last Week and The First Christmas, Borg and Crossan join once again to present a new understanding of early Christianity - this time to reveal a radical Paul who has been suppressed by the church. Second only to Jesus as the most important person in the birth of Christianity, Paul continues to be controversial, even among Christians. How could his letters be used both to inspire radical grace and to endorse systems of oppression - condoning slavery, subordinating women, condemning homosexual behavior? Using biblical and historical scholarship, Borg and Crossan explain the reasons for Paul's mixed reputation: that the later letters of Paul were created by the early church to dilute Paul's egalitarian message and transform him into something more "acceptable." They argue there are actually "Three Pauls" in the New Testament: "The Radical Paul", "The Conservative Paul", and "The Reactionary Paul". By closely examining this progression of Paul's letters - from the authentic to the inauthentic - the authors show how the apostle was slowly but steadily "deradicalized" to fit Roman social norms in regards to slavery, patriarchy, and patronage. In truth, Paul was an appealing apostle of Jesus whose vision of life "in Christ" is remarkably faithful to the message of Jesus himself. |
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The God We Never Knew: Beyond Dogmatic Religion to a More Authentic Contemporary Faith
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The Heart of Christianity: Rediscovering a Life of Faith
In what has been described as “one of the ten best spiritual books of the year” (Detroit Free Press), world-renowned Jesus scholar Marcus J. Borg shows how we can live passionately as Christians in today's world by practicing the timeless elements of Christian faith. |
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Jesus: Uncovering the Life, Teachings, and Surprising Relevance of a Spiritual Revolutionary
From top Jesus expert Marcus Borg, a completely updated and revised version of his vision of Jesus as charismatic healer, sage, and prophet, a man living in the power of the spirit and dedicated to radical social change. Fully revised and updated, this is Borg's major book on the historical Jesus. He shows how the Gospel portraits of Jesus, historically seen, make sense. Borg takes into account all the recent developments in historical Jesus scholarship, as well as new theories on who Jesus was and how the Gospels reflect that. |
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The Last Week: A Day by Day Account of Jesus' Final Week in Jerusalem
Top Jesus scholars Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan join together to present a day-by-day account of Jesus’ final week of life, using the Gospel of Mark as their guide. The Last Week depicts Jesus giving up his life to protest power without justice and to condemn the rich who lack concern for the poor, offering himself as a model for others to do the same when they are confronted by similar issues. |
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The Lost Gospel Q: The Original Sayings of Jesus
The image of the historical Jesus takes form in the words of the Gospel Q. The Lost Gospel Q represents the very first Gospel, older than the traditional Gospels and written by Jesus's contemporaries. It preserves Jesus's original words - the Sermon on the Mount, Beatitudes, the Lord's Prayer, parables, and his counsel for a compassionate life. The original of the Gospel Q was lost for 2,000 years, but for the past 150 years historians and theologians have been digging through the many layers of the New Testament to uncover the original Gospel. |
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Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus and the Heart of Contemporary Faith
In Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time, Marcus Borg writes that “believing in Jesus does not mean believing doctrines about him. Rather, it means to give one's heart, one's self at its deepest level, to . . . the living Lord." Drawing on his own journey from a naive, unquestioning belief in Christ through collegiate skepticism to a mature and contemporary Christian faith, Borg illustrates how an understanding of the historical Jesus can actually lead to a more authentic Christian life – one not rooted in creeds or dogma, but in a life of spiritual challenge, compassion, and community. |
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Reading the Bible Again For the First Time: Taking the Bible Seriously But Not Literally
A growing number of Christians are unwilling to abandon modern science and critical thinking in order to believe, and are searching for a way to understand their faith and the Bible. Covering all the essential texts of the Old and New Testaments, leading Biblical expert Marcus Borg demonstrates how such scriptural stories are not historical reports as much as vital teaching stories about our relationship with God and Jesus. |