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December 13, 2006

For your holiday reading list

Based on the discussion in comments to this post, I wanted to draw your attention to a book that will probably open a can of worms--if not minds.

The Good Book by Reverend Peter J. Gomes (Plummer Professor of Christian Morals at Harvard University and a professor of theology) penned this book in 1996.

The top review on Amazon offers an extremely apt description of the book:

Although a Republican and an ordained Baptist minister, Gomes spends the first part of the book debunking the damage done by conservative Protestants, who in their moral certainty have at times appeared to hijack the Bible as their own. Gomes effectively makes the case that conservative Christians are wrong in their estimation that the Bible is anti-Semitic, anti-gay, and anti-feminist. I haven't seen a more effective argument anywhere else, and this section will be soothing antidote to much of the misinformation that is pervasive in the media. (Where are the liberal Christian voices in the media?)

Gomes' book disabuses many notions on the Bible, including the idea that there's some sort of overwhelming hatred of homosexuality by God.

Its out in paperback. I highly recommend it.

Posted by Carla at December 13, 2006 09:36 AM