Peter J Gomes – författare

Demonstrates how to read the Bible for understanding on such topics as joy, suffering, evil, and goodness, explaining how to make bible wisdom a part of everyday life and revealing what the bible actually says about women, homosexuality, and ethnic diversity.

"The Bible and the social and moral consequences that derive from its interpretation are all too important to be left in the hands of the pious or the experts, and too significant to be ignored and trivialized by the uninformed and indifferent.

The man Time magazine hailed as one of America''s finest preachers presents a collection of forty timeless addresses to guide us through the year. With his characteristic eloquence and compassion, quoting from scripture as well as from T.S. Eliot and Woody Allen, Gomes offers us the tools we need to understand the wisdom of the Bible and the joy and inspiration it can bring to everyday life.

"Gomes is an iconoclast, and his book is an alternately eloquent and folksy attack on everybody who is sure of the right answer." —NewsweekHow the Church Domesticated JesusWith his unique blend of eloquence and insight, the esteemed Harvard minister Peter J. Gomes invites us to hear anew the radical nature of Jesus'' message of hope and change. Using examples from ancient times as well as from modern pop culture, The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus shows us why the good news is every bit as relevant today as when it was first preached."Of the hundreds of books on Jesus'' teachings, this is by far the best. Mincing no words, it drives home how radical Jesus'' teachings really are." —Huston Smith, author of The World''s Religions"An incisive original . . . [Gomes is] a born storyteller." —Publishers Weekly, starred review

The author of the New York Times bestseller The Good Book champions the recovery of the Western moral tradition.