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   May 1, 2009 · Saving Paradise turns a fascinating new lens on Christianity, from its first centuries to the present day, asking how its early vision of beauty evolved into a vision of torture, and what changes in society and theology marked that evolution. It also retrieves, for today, a life-affirming Christianity that the world sorely needs.

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   • Brand: Beacon Press

   • Price: $29.83
   • Author: Rebecca Ann Parker, Rita Nakashima Brock

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   Jul 15, 2007 · Saving Paradise turned my take on the Gospel upside down. The good news is Life, not Death, and so followers of Jesus lived it for the first thousand years since his birth. They adorned their sacred spaces with paintings of the Good Shepherd caring for his flock amidst hills and meadows, rocks and trees and flowing rivers.

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   Jul 1, 2008 · Saving Paradise: How Christianity Traded Love of This World for Crucifixion and Empire - Kindle edition by Parker, Rebecca Ann, Brock, Rita Nakashima. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets.

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   • Author: Rebecca Ann Parker, Rita Nakashima Brock

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   Saving Paradise explores how Christianity shifted from a vision of paradise to a vision of crucifixion and empire. It offers a new lens on the history of Christianity and its implications for the present day.

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   A book that restores the idea of Paradise to its rightful place at the center of Christian thought When Rita Brock and Rebecca Parker began traveling the Mediterranean world in search of art depicting the dead, crucified Jesus, they discovered something that traditional histories of Christianity and Christian art had underplayed or sought to explain away: it took Jesus Christ a thousand years ...

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   May 1, 2009 · 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 ...

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   Buy Saving Paradise: How Christianity Traded Love of This World for Crucifixion and Empire Illustrated by Parker, Rebecca Ann, Brock, Rita Nakashima (ISBN: 9780807067543) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

   • Author: Rebecca Ann Parker, Rita Nakashima Brock