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Title: The God We Never Knew : Beyond Dogmatic Religion To A More Authenthic Contemporary Faith by Marcus J. Borg ISBN: 0060610352 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: June, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.15
Rating: 5
Summary: Educational, inspirational - a wonderful book
Comment: Marcus Borg, a distinguished scholar who has devoted himself to studies of the "historical Jesus," has written from his own experiences as a Christian, informed by a lifetime of scholarship, about our need to develop a personal relationship to God. In clear, precise, down-to-earth language, he manages to explain difficult concepts while outlining a reasoned, convincing approach to Christian faith. Every page conveys a sense of deep respect for, and faith in, a continuing and vital relationship to God. His theology can liberate us from magical thinking and narrow-minded literalism, and points the way to a continuing, ever-deepening relationship to God.
In a thoughtful, non-defensive manner, he describes a basis for deep religious faith fully consistent with our contemporary world view. I have never found a book on religious faith so helpful, so clear, and so inspiring for a modern reader. By liberating us from a "requirement-based" faith in a "monarchical" God, he has shown the way to a meaningful, day-to-day relationship to God as the foundation of our lives, the "ground of being" described by Paul Tillich.
His book is a gift to us that I am glad to have found, and I will follow the advice of William Wink, who wrote about another book of Borg's that we should read everything he writes. I wish everyone could read and reflect on the message of this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Be compassionate, as the Spirit is compassionate...
Comment: Marcus Borg, as any of his readers know, is a religion professor at Oregon State who has been part of the "Jesus Seminar". What sets him apart from his compatriots, however, is that he knows how to synthesize scholarship with faith. In this book, a gem of a work, he unfolds his own heart for us to reveal his own deeply personal ideas about God, Jesus, life, the Bible, and many other relevant topics. He reveals to us the difference between "faith"--a relationship of trust, devotion, and submission in love to God/the Spirit/the Sacred--and "Theology"--a manmade system to try and understand how God works and what God is like. He offers his insights in compassion, not wishing to be judgmental or to shatter old illusions--indeed, his own story reveals that he's gone through those very things. This is not the story of God the omnipotent Father figure, the King and Judge who is our un-needed superego. This is the story of the Spirit; the still, small voice, the primordial pulse of the universe, the all-encompassing transcendent/immanent force of love which holds us all in the palm of its proverbial hand. This book revealed just as much about my own human reactions to faith as much as God's nature--the journey of faith is one of self-discovery as well as discovery of God. Borg is a scholar who can see through the attempts of smaller minds to cloud Truth, but he's also an awestruck believer who feels a hint of the mystical reality that is God, and he eagerly wants to know God more. Do not read his book, however, hoping to prove or disprove your own assumptions. Certainly don't read it hoping to find material to indict Borg as a heretic. Read it hoping to discover how little you really know, and how much you really feel. Take it as a precious gift, offered in love, and let your heart be opened.
Rating: 1
Summary: Yet another book by Borg purchased for school
Comment: I must say that the reason I chose Borg for my study was that the Borg in Star Trek is interesting to me. I discovered that Borg and the Borg both want to asimilate you into their way of life. While "the Borg" is make believe, Borg lives in the real world and his beliefs should be in the Star Trek universe. I would not recommend this book to anyone. Yet another attempt to bring Jesus down to the level of other spiritual people. I guess if you don't like being held accountable for what you do then Borg's philosophy would be for you.
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Title: Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time : The Historical Jesus and the Heart of Contemporary Faith by Marcus J. Borg ISBN: 0060609176 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: April, 1995 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Jesus: A New Vision: Spirit, Culture, and the Life of Discipleship by Marcus J. Borg ISBN: 0060608145 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: July, 1991 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Meaning of Jesus : Two Visions by Marcus J. Borg, N Wright ISBN: 0060608765 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: A New Christianity for a New World : Why Traditional Faith is Dying & How a New Faith is Being Born by John Shelby Spong ISBN: 0060670630 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 17 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Reading the Bible Again for the First Time: Taking the Bible Seriously But Not Literally by Marcus J. Borg ISBN: 0060609184 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 19 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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