Ministries : Saving Jesus

Ever feel like Jesus has been kidnapped by the Christian Right? Saving Jesus is a revolutionary DVD-based small group exploration of Jesus Christ for the third millennium. Featuring leading religious voices of our day, the 10-week program includes a CD with facilitator and participant guides with readings, quotes and discussion questions. The format for each 1-hour session includes conversation around the readings, a 20-minute video segment and guided discussion. Join Marcus Borg, John Dominic Crossan, Matthew Fox, Amy-Jill Levine, James Forbes and a host of others for an exploration of the relevance of Jesus Christ for the third millennium.

Themes

1) Introduction: Jesus through the Ages
2) Who was Jesus? Featuring Matthew Fox
3) What Can We Know About Jesus (and How)?
4) The World into Which Jesus Was Born Featuring John Dominic Crossan
5) Jesus' Birth: Incarnation
6) Teachings of Jesus: Wisdom Tradition Featuring Bernard Brandon Scott
7) Killing Jesus, Part 1: Who Killed Jesus? Featuring Amy-Jill Levine & Helen Prejean
8) Killing Jesus, Part 2: The Atonement Featuring Rita Nakashima Brock and Rebecca Ann Parker
9) The Resurrection of Christ Featuring James Forbes
10) Why Jesus Is Worth Saving Featuring Marcus Borg

Contributors

John Bell
Church of Scotland minister, composer, member of Iona Community

Marcus Borg
Jesus scholar, author of Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time & The Heart of Christianity

Rita Nakashima Brock
Director of Faith Voices for the Common Good, co-author of Proverbs of Ashes

Walter Brueggemann
Old Testament professor, author of The Prophetic Imagination & Finally Comes the Poet

John Cobb
Internationally renowned process theologian, author of Christ in a Pluralistic Age

John Dominic Crossan
Jesus scholar, author of Jesus, a Revolutionary Biography 

James Forbes
Senior Pastor of Riverside Church in NYC

Matthew Fox
Episcopal priest, author of Original Blessing, Creation Spirituality & The Coming of the Cosmic Christ

Lloyd Geering
Religious Studies scholar, author of Christianity without God

Hans KÜng
Internationally known Roman Catholic theologian, author of On Being a Christian

Amy-Jill Levine
New Testament professor, Vanderbilt Divinity School

Pat McMahon
KTAR God Show Host

Bill Nelson
Founding Pastor Emeritus, Church of the Beatitudes, Phoenix, AZ

Stephen Patterson
New Testament professor, author of The God of Jesus & Beyond the Passion

Rebecca Ann Parker
Seminary President, Professor of Thea/ology, co-author of Proverbs of Ashes

Helen Prejean
Roman Catholic Sister, author of Dead Man Walking

Tex Sample
Sociologist of Religion, author and noted storyteller

Bernard Brandon Scott
New Testament professor, author of Hear Then the Parable

Luther Smith
Church and Community professor, Howard Thurman scholar

John Shelby Spong
Retired Episcopal Bishop, author of Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism & Why Christianity Must Change or Die

Jim & Jean Strathdee
Internationally popular singers & songwriters

Emilie Townes
Social Ethicist, American Baptist minister, author of Womanist Theology

Contact

Rev. Paul Eknes-Tucker
ptucker@agcmcc.org

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