Reliving the Passion - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reliving the Passion write by Walter Wangerin Jr.. This book was released on 2010-06-01. Reliving the Passion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. No story has more significance than this: the death and resurrection of Jesus. But somehow the oft-repeated tale of Christ’s passion can become too familiar, too formalized, for us to experience its incredible immediacy. The meditations in Reliving the Passion, which received a Gold Medallion Award in 1993, follow the story as given in the gospel of Mark—from the moment when the chief priests plot to kill Jesus to the Resurrection. But these readings are more than a recounting of events; they are an imaginary reenactment, leading the reader to re-experience the Passion or perhaps see it fully for the very first time. As only a great storyteller can, Walter Wangerin enables the reader to see the story from the inside, to discover the strangeness and wonder of the events as they unfold. It’s like being there. In vivid images and richly personal detail, Wangerin helps us recognize our own faces on the streets of Jerusalem; breathe the dark and heavy air of Golgotha; and experience, as Mary and Peter did, the bewilderment, the challenge, and the ultimate revelation of knowing the man called Jesus. “The story gets personal for every reader,” writes Wangerin, “for this is indeed our story, the story whereby we personally have been saved from such a death as Jesus died. “No, there is not another tale in the world more meaningful than this—here is where we all take our stands against sin and death and Satan, upon this historical, historic event. I consider it a holy privilege to participate in it retelling. “Read this book slowly. Read it with a seeing faith. Walk the way with Jesus. We, his followers of later centuries, do follow even now. Read, walk, come, sigh, live. Live! Rise again!”
Reliving the Passion
Reliving the Passion - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reliving the Passion write by Walter Wangerin, Jr.. This book was released on 1992-02-15. Reliving the Passion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume presents meditations following the story as given in the gospel of Mark - from the moment when the chief priests' plot to kill Jesus to the resurrection. These readings are an imaginary re-enactment, leading the reader to re-experience the Passion or perhaps to see it fully for the first time. Walter Wangerin Jr is a Lutheran pastor who has also written The Book of the Dun Cow and The Book of Sorrows.
Reliving Golgotha
Reliving Golgotha - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reliving Golgotha write by Richard C. Trexler. This book was released on 2003. Reliving Golgotha available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In Reliving Golgotha, Richard Trexler brings an important new perspective to religious spectacle in an engrossing exploration of the annual passion play at Iztapalapa, the largest and poorest borough of Mexico City. After tracing the history of European passion theater, Trexler examines the process by which representations of the passion were established in the Americas, especially in New Spain. Indeed, the Iztapalapan pageant can only be understood in the full historical context of Mexican church and state relations. Originally, this passion was a quintessential means by which the increasingly marginalized indigenous population marked its own culture from the mestizo ruling class. Early twentieth-century reenactments offered a tenaciously traditional spectacle, featuring Nahuatl-speaking actors, for a local audience who embraced it as a living protest against the pervasive power of the Church. A century later, political disorder and a suspicious church hierarchy often forced the suspension of the play in the aftermath of the Revolution. But by the middle of the century, political and religious authorities encouraged its development as a tourist event, and changes wrought by media coverage and the impact of government funding have further fractured the play's local identity. In addition to offering valuable insights into the political, social, and psychological meanings of religious spectacle, Trexler illuminates the strong cultural forces that have helped provide a voice for some of Mexican society's most powerless members.
The Book of God
The Book of God - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Book of God write by Walter Wangerin Jr.. This book was released on 2010-08-03. The Book of God available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Experience the Bible as a singular, powerful story and prepare to be swept away by Scripture as never before! Wangerin's "Bible storybook for adults" features brilliant settings, dramatized scenes, and added dialogue—all gleaned from extensive research. The Book of God reads like a novel, dramatizing the sweep of biblical events, bringing to life the men and women of this ancient book in vivid detail and dialogue. From Abraham wandering in the desert to Jesus teaching the multitudes on a Judean hillside, this award-winning bestseller follows the biblical story from start to finish. Priests and kings, apostles and prophets, common folk and charismatic leaders—individual stories offer glimpses into an unfolding revelation that reaches across the centuries to touch us today. The Book of God: Follows the biblical story in chronological order Filled with carefully researched cultural and historical background Includes biblical events viewed through the eyes of minor characters Master storyteller Walter Wangerin Jr. shares the story of the Bible from beginning to end as you've never read it before, retold with exciting detail and passionate energy. Experience the Bible in a beautiful new way!
Preparing for Jesus
Preparing for Jesus - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Preparing for Jesus write by Walter Wangerin, Jr.. This book was released on 1999. Preparing for Jesus available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In Preparing for Jesus, best-selling author and master storyteller Walter Wangerin Jr. recreates verbal images of the events surrounding the Advent of Christ, offering a devotional journey into the heart of the Christmas season. Through rich detail and vivid images, these moving meditations make Christ's birth both intimate and immediate, allowing us to see Christmas from its original happening to its perennial recurrence in our hearts. Preparing for Jesus is sure to be a seasonal classic, treasured year after year.
