Disquiet Time
Rants and Reflections on the Good Book by the Skeptical, the Faithful, and a Few Scoundrels
Published on 21. October 2014
352 pages
978-1-4555-7884-9 (ISBN)
Description
An engaging and hilarious collection that encourages readers to tackle those strange, awkward, worrying, yet endlessly compelling passages of the Bible. 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:
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.
- What the heck is the book of Revelation really about? (The answer will surprise you.)
- How do we come to grips with the Bible's troubling (or seemingly troubling) passages about the role of women?
- 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.
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Jennifer Grant | Cathleen Falsani
Disquiet Time
Rants and Reflections on the Good Book by the Skeptical, the Faithful and a Few Scoundrels
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02/2015
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Jennifer Grant has written numerous columns and feature stories for newspapers including the Chicago Tribune and is a regular contributor to Christianity Today's her.meneutics blog. Grant is the author of two previous works of nonfiction: Love You More and MOMumental. A lifelong Episcopalian, she lives in Chicagoland with her husband and four children.
Cathleen Falsani is an award-winning journalist and author who specializes in the intersection of faith and culture. She was the longtime religion writer and columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, and has been a columnist for Religion News Service, Sojourners, Huffington Post, and the Orange County Register. She lives in Laguna Beach, California.
Cathleen Falsani is an award-winning journalist and author who specializes in the intersection of faith and culture. She was the longtime religion writer and columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, and has been a columnist for Religion News Service, Sojourners, Huffington Post, and the Orange County Register. She lives in Laguna Beach, California.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Welcome
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Foreword: Fitting Our Stories into God's-Eugene H. Peterson
- Introduction: Greetings from the Land of Misfit Toys-Jennifer Grant and Cathleen Falsani
- Just as I Am-Cathleen Falsani
- Of Feet and Angelic Netherbits-Tripp Hudgins
- Spinning-Debbie Blue
- The Bible: It's Full of Crap-Karen Swallow Prior
- Wherever Two or Three Are Gathered-Ian Morgan Cron
- The Gentle Fatalism of Ecclesiastes-LaVonne Neff
- One, Single Life-Ina Albert
- The Inerrant [comma] Inspired [comma] Infallible Word of God-Dale Hanson Bourke
- The End of the World as We Know It-Katherine Willis Pershey
- "Piece" Be with You-Greg Fromholz
- The Scandal of Imago Dei-Caryn Rivadeneira
- Probably Less Holy Than Thou-Karen Walrond
- The Vulnerable God-Kenneth Tanner
- Wrestling with Hovering Spirits-David Vanderveen
- Why Isn't the Link to the Divine Salvific Download Working?-Margot Starbuck
- One Disgusting Mess-Tracey Bianchi
- Evangelical Blues, Genograms, and the Sins of the Fathers, or The Stories We Tell Ourselves-Jennifer Grant
- A High Tolerance for Ambiguity-Steve Brown
- Women and Children First-Linda Midgett
- The Necessity of Solitude-Christopher L. Heuertz
- Mary and Martha
- Mom and Me-Stephen Henderson
- God Breathed-Gareth Higgins
- Willing and Doing-David B. Fletcher
- The Bible: Full of Sound, Fury, Sarcasm, and Poop Jokes-Susan E. Isaacs
- The Starlit Way: Confronting Doubt with Jesus-Anna Broadway
- Stillness-Alice Currah
- Broken and Bent-Ellen Painter Dollar
- SLUT!-Cathleen Falsani
- Apocalypse Later-Jay Emerson Johnson
- Daydreaming of Bed Linens-Bill Motz
- Early-Morning Matters-Jack Palmer
- The Miracle-Timothy King
- Running from "Healing" to Healing-Calenthia S. Dowdy
- The Good Shepherd-Victor Conrado
- Move Down! Clean Cup!: Pulling Back the Covers on Revelation-Christian Piatt
- Womb Work and the Uncomfortable Idea of Redemptive Suffering-Rachel Marie Stone
- This Is Buddha-Carolyn Reyes
- A Tale of Two Mottoes-Jack Heaslip
- Seekers and Sparrows and Sunday School-Jenny Sheffer Stevens
- Scriptural Cherry-Picking-Amy Julia Becker
- Women: Be Silent-Sarah Heath
- Tommy Bahama Plays "Melancholy Baby"-Anthony Platipodis
- Rereading God's Lessons-Jeff Tacklind
- The Eeyore of Christians Learns to Pray-Melody Harrison Hanson
- You Must Be Born Again-Carla Barnhill
- The Greatest of These-Brian D. McLaren
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- Praise for "Disquiet Time
- Copyright Acknowledgments
- Newsletters
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
