Disquiet time
Subtitle: rants and reflections on the good book by the skeptical, the faithful and a few scoundrels
By: Jennifer Grant and Cathleen Falsani, general editors ; foreword by Eugene H. Peterson
Contributors: Hudgins, Tripp; Blue, Debbie; Prior, Karen Swallow; Cron, Ian Morgan; Neff, LaVonne; Albert, Ina; Bourke, Dale Hanson; Pershey, Katherine Willis; Fromholz, Greg; Rivadeneira, Caryn; Walrond, Karen; Tanner, Kenneth; Vanderveen, David; Starbuck, Margot; Bianchi, Tracey; Brown, Steve; Midgett, Linda; Heuertz, Christopher L.; Henderson, Stephen; Higgins, Gareth; Fletcher, David B.; Isaacs, Susan E.; Broadway, Anna; Currah, Alice; Dollar, Ellen Painter; Johnson, Jay Emerson; Motz, Bill; Palmer, Jack; King, Timothy; Dowdy, Calenthia S.; Conrado, Victor; Piatt, Christian; Stone, Rachel Marie; Reyes, Carolyn; Heaslip, Jack; Stevens, Jenny Sheffer; Becker, Amy Julia; Heath, Sarah; Platipodis, Anthony; Tacklind, Jeff; Hanson, Melody Harrison; Barnhill, Carla; McLaren, Brian D.
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
ISBN-13: 9781455578825
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation; Bible; Popular works
Description: The Bible is full of not-so-precious moments, from murder and mayhem, to sex and slavery. Now, an incredible cast of contributors tackles the parts of the Bible that most excite, frustrate, or comfort, like: 1.What the heck is the book of Revelation really about? (The answer will surprise you.), 2.How do we come to grips with the Bible's troubling (or seemingly troubling) passages about the role of women?, 3.Why did the artist of the oldest known picture of Jesus intentionally paint him with a wonky eye--and what does it tell us about beauty? DISQUIET TIME was written by and for Bible-loving Christians, agnostics, skeptics, none-of-the-aboves, and people who aren't afraid to dig deep spiritually, ask hard questions, and have some fun along the way.
Table of contents: title: Foreword: fitting our stories into God's  -- Eugene H. Peterson; title: Introduction: greetings from the land of misfit toys  -- Jennifer Grant and Cathleen Falsani; title: Just as I am  -- Cathleen Falsani; title: Of feet and angelic netherbits  -- Tripp Hudgins; title: Spinning  -- Debbie Blue; title: The Bible: it's full of crap  -- Karen Swallow Prior; title: Wherever two or three are gathered  -- Ian Morgan Cron; title: The gentle fatalism of Ecclesiastes  -- LaVonne Neff; title: One, single life  -- Ina Albert; title: The inerrant [comma] inspired [comma] infallible word of God  -- Dale Hanson Bourke; title: The end of the world as we know it  -- Katherine Willis Pershey; title: "Piece" be with you  -- Greg Fromholz; title: The scandal of Imago Dei  -- Caryn Rivadeneira; title: Probably less holy than thou  -- Karen Walrond; title: The vulnerable God  -- Kenneth Tanner; title: Wrestling with hovering spirits  -- David Vanderveen; title: Why isn't the link to the divine salvific download working?  -- Margot Starbuck; title: One disgusting mess  -- Tracey Bianchi; title: Evangelical blues, genograms, and the sins of the fathers, or the stories we tell ourselves  -- Jennifer Grant; title: A high tolerance for ambiguity  -- Steve Brown; title: Women and children first  -- Linda Midgett; title: The necessity of solitude  -- Christopher L. Heuertz; title: Mary and Martha, mom and me  -- Stephen Henderson; title: God breathed  -- Gareth Higgins; title: Willing and doing  -- David B. Fletcher; title: The Bible: full of sound, fury, sarcasm, and poop jokes  -- Susan E. Isaacs; title: The starlit way: confronting doubt with Jesus  -- Anna Broadway; title: Stillness  -- Alice Currah; title: Broken and bent  -- Ellen Painter Dollar; title: SLUT!  -- Cathleen Falsani; title: Apocalypse later  -- Jay Emerson Johnson; title: Daydreaming of bed linens  -- Bill Motz; title: Early-morning matters  -- Jack Palmer; title: The miracle  -- Timothy King; title: Running from "healing" to healing  -- Calenthia S. Dowdy; title: The good shepherd  -- Victor Conrado; title: Move down! clean cup! : pulling back the covers on Revelation  -- Christian Piatt; title: Womb work and the uncomfortable idea of redemptive suffering  -- Rachel Marie Stone; title: This is Buddha  -- Carolyn Reyes; title: A tale of two mottoes  -- Jack Heaslip; title: Seekers and sparrows and Sunday school  -- Jenny Sheffer Stevens; title: Scriptural cherry-picking  -- Amy Julia Becker; title: Women: be silent  -- Sarah Heath; title: Tommy Bahama plays "melancholy baby"  -- Anthony Platipodis; title: Rereading God's lessons  -- Jeff Tacklind; title: The Eeyore of Christians learns to pray  -- Melody Harrison Hanson; title: You must be born again  -- Carla Barnhill; title: The greatest of these -- Brian D. McLaren.