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JESUS' ABBA
The God Who Has Not Failed
John Cobb

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In Jesus' Abba, one of the greatest theologians of this generation boldly argues for a new view of God, through the eyes of Jesus. John B. Cobb Jr. interprets the whole of Jesus? life and ministry, death and resurrection, in light of Jesus? understanding of God. Ultimately, Cobb argues that Jesus' view of God fits our actual experience today. With this book, John B. Cobb Jr. makes his ultimate and most impassioned plea for use to rediscover God, through Jesus.

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PAUL AND HIS RECENT INTERPRETERS
N.T. Wright

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This companion volume to N. T. Wright's Paul and the Faithfulness of God and Pauline Perspectives is essential reading for all with an interest in Paul, the interpretation of his letters, his appropriation by subsequent thinkers, and his continuing significance today. In the course of this masterly survey, Wright asks searching questions of all of the major contributors to Pauline studies in the last fifty years. Check out the 2-week special price for AuthorTalk listeners! Click on the cover of the book.

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THE DISCIPLES' PRAYER
The Prayer Jesus Taught in its Historical Setting
Jeffrey B. Gibson

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Christians around the world recite the "Lord's Prayer" daily, but what exactly are they praying for—and what did it mean to Jesus in his own time? Jeffrey B. Gibson explains that the prayer is petitionary, and understanding its intent requires understanding Jesus' purpose in calling disciples as witnesses against "this generation." Jesus did not mean to teach a unique understanding of God; the prayer had its roots in first-century Jewish movements of protest. The prayer had little to do with "calling down" into the present realities of "the age to come." Rather, it was meant to protect disciples from the temptations of their age and, thus, to strengthen their countercultural testimony. Gibson's conclusions offer new insights into the historical Jesus and the movement he sought to establish.

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THE FEAR OF ISLAM
An Introduction to Islamophobia in the West
Todd Green

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An exploration of why the west fears Islam and why this matters. In this new book, the author, Todd Green, examines Western views of Islam and offers an introduction to the historical roots and contemporary anxiety regarding Islam within the Western world.

Tracing the medieval legacy of religious polemics and violence, Green orients the reader to the complex history and issues in Western relations to Islam, from early and late modern colonial enterprises and theories of “Orientalism,” to the production of religious discourses of otherness and the clash of civilizations that proliferated in the era of 9/11 and the war on terror.

Listen as the Host challenges Green with tough questions in an attempt to address the violence that the world is experiencing from the radical followers of Islam, beginning a powerful back and forth conversation that will inform and entertain.