Conversations with Scripture: Daniel (Anglican Association of Biblical Scholars) - Softcover

Edmund Desueza; Judith Jones

Softcover

ISBN 10: 081922409X ISBN 13: 9780819224095

Publisher: Morehouse Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

Daniel was written during a time when God’s people were struggling to discern how to remain faithful, even as their lives were dominated by the political and cultural forces of the Empire. Daniel’s central themes have remained relevant ever since: the challenge of remaining loyal to God despite the alternately seductive and threatening voices of imperial powers; the indispensability of humility before God; the perpetual problem of human arrogance and failure to recognize the overarching power of God; the insatiable and life-denying human thirst for power and control; and the call to find in God the source of just, joyful and abundant living.

As people today try to make sense of a newly emerging global reality, Daniel continues to speak an important word about faithful living. Who truly controls our lives? To what or whom do we owe ultimate allegiance? To whom do the kingdom, the power and the glory belong? This book invites readers to consider the questions that Daniel raises and then live out the answers.

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About the Author

Senior Pastor at First Christian Church of Vallejo and has led workshops and retreats in the areas of worship and the arts, feminist theology, and feminine spirituality at regional and national gatherings.

Edition details

• Publisher: Morehouse Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 081922409X
• ISBN 13: 9780819224095
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 144