The Greatest Prayer: Rediscovering the Revolutionary Message of the Lord's Prayer

The Greatest Prayer: Rediscovering the Revolutionary Message of the Lord's Prayer

by John Dominic Crossan
The Greatest Prayer: Rediscovering the Revolutionary Message of the Lord's Prayer

The Greatest Prayer: Rediscovering the Revolutionary Message of the Lord's Prayer

by John Dominic Crossan

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Overview

Every Sunday, the Lord’s Prayer echoes in churches around the world.

It is an indisputable principle of Christian faith. It is the way Jesus taught his followers to pray and distills the most essential beliefs required of every one of the world’s 2.5 billion Christians. In The Greatest Prayer, our foremost Jesus scholar explores this foundational prayer line by line for the richest and fullest understanding of a prayer every Christian knows by heart.

An expert on the historical Jesus, Crossan provides just the right amount of history, scholarship, and detail for us to rediscover why this seemingly simple prayer sparked a revolution. Addressing issues of God’s will for us and our response, our responsibilities to one another and to the earth, the theology of our daily bread, the moral responsibilities that come with money, our nation-states, and God’s kingdom, Crossan reveals the enduring meaning and universal significance of the only prayer Jesus ever taught.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780062049919
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 09/07/2010
Sold by: HARPERCOLLINS
Format: eBook
Pages: 208
File size: 628 KB

About the Author

John Dominic Crossan, professor emeritus at DePaul University, is widely regarded as the foremost historical Jesus scholar of our time. He is the author of several bestselling books, including The Historical Jesus, How to Read the Bible and Still Be a Christian, God and Empire, Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography, The Greatest Prayer, The Last Week, and The Power of Parable. He lives in Minneola, Florida.

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