The Greatest Prayer, John Dominic Crossan
The Greatest Prayer, John Dominic Crossan
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The Greatest Prayer
Rediscovering the Revolutionary Message

Author: John Dominic Crossan

Narrator: Walter Dixon

Unabridged: 7 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperOne

Published: 05/17/2011

Synopsis

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.

About John Dominic Crossan

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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Goodreads review by Fred on April 11, 2013

When I lost faith in the God of Abraham six years ago, I had also pretty much given up on Christianity as having the potential to contribute much to the progressive change the world desperately need. The bulk of Christianity seemed so regressive; focused mainly on oppression of marginalized groups a......more

Goodreads review by Cathryn on March 10, 2019

Warning: Read this book and you will never again pray the Lord's Prayer in the same way. This biblical mediation on the Lord's Prayer by John Dominic Crossan is an extraordinary philosophical, historical, political and theological examination of the best known of Christian prayers. The book's basic......more

Goodreads review by Greg on February 15, 2018

Deep within this remarkable exploration of the Lord’s Prayer, John Dominic Crossan quotes Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.. when he stated “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” Separately, he quotes Sophocles from “Antigone”, “How sad when those who reason, reason wrong.”......more

Goodreads review by Paul on October 28, 2017

I was skeptical someone could write an entire book explicating a single, familiar prayer -- or anyway do so in a way that wasn't boring to the point of tears -- but Crossan manages to pull it off in a remarkable way. The prayer in question is the "Our Father" or "Lord's Prayer," which he calls "a pr......more

Goodreads review by Merritt Watson on July 01, 2018

The prayer that reveals the meaning and purpose of Jesus This is a must read for anyone who wants to know, understand and follow Jesus. In this prayer of Jesus we have the full summary of his message and mission. Let's pray this prayer together and not just say it.......more

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