The Bible Speaks To You

Westminster John Knox Press (Mar 31, 1985)

9780664245979

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320 pages | 137 x 206 mm | USA | Amer. English

$ 19.95 | Value: $ 19.95

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Dewey 220 BRO

LC Classification BS538 .B74 1985

LC Control No. 84019578

Genre

Literature / Biblical

Subject

Methodism / Theology, Doctrine

Personal

Owner	Calvary UMC
Location	Office
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Retail Price	$ 19.95
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Notes

"The Bible Speaks to You" is for those who want to know more about the Bible and how studying the Bible can change their lives. Arranged topically as a series of answers to questions -- including, Where did the Bible come from? What makes Jesus so important? and What happens when I die? -- this book is helpful, insightful, and instructive.

About the Author
Robert McAfee Brown (1920 - 2001) was an American theologian, writer, speaker, and social activist. The son of a Presbyterian minister, Brown earned a bachelor's degree from Amherst College in 1943 and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1944. Brown earned a bachelor of divinity degree from Union Theological Seminary in 1945, and served as a U.S. Navy chaplain from 1945 to 1946. The recipient of a Fulbright program grant, Brown studied at University of Oxford before completing a doctorate in the philosophy of religion at Columbia University in 1951. He married Sydney Thomson, and had four children. Brown taught initially at his alma mater Union Theological Seminary before accepting an appointment as Professor of Religion at Stanford University in 1962. There he became an international leader in civil rights, ecumenical and social justice causes. Brown campaigned against U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War and was a co-founder of the group Clergy and Laity Concerned About Vietnam. He was also a Protestant observer at the Second Vatican Council. He left Stanford in 1975 to return to Union as Professor of World Christianity and Ecumenism, but quickly found his new post unfulfilling. He resigned and moved back to the Bay Area, where he taught at the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley until his retirement in 1984. Brown was the author of 29 books, including ''The Bible Speaks to You'', ''Liberation Theology: An Introductory Guide'', ''Reclaiming the Bible'', ''Religion and Violence'', ''Theology in a New Key'', and a novel, ''Dark the Night, Wild the Sea''. He died on September 4, 2001, being survived by his wife.