Like a Hammer Shattering Rock
Hearing the Gospels Today
$31.44
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
1 January 1998
Summary
Renowned Catholic author Megan McKenna celebrates her fiftieth book with a controversial interpretation of the gospels of Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John and explains what they mean for the Church and society today.
In many ways, modern audiences have become so familiar with the gospels that we’ve stopped listening and integrating their wisdom into our everyday lives. Acclaimed author Megan McKenna explores the messages of the four gospels in the context of daily life when they were ori…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780385508544 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0385508549 |
| Author: | Megan McKenna |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Image |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 1998 |
| Weight: | 232g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 132mm x 19mm |
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Critics Review
“Yes the gospels are truly a good news. Jesus today and yesterday is calling his disciples to love and to act in love. Megan McKenna’s excellent book is a source of hope. She calls the disciples of Jesus to be a good news to the poor and the rejected.”-Jean Vanier, founder of L’Arche, an international federation of group homes for people with developmental disabilities
About The Author
Megan McKenna
MEGAN MCKENNA, a native of New York City, has lived in, visited, and gypsied through North and South America, Europe, the Philippines, Singapore, Haiti, the Hawaiian Islands, Malaysia, India, the Marshall Islands, Thailand, Australia, China, and a collection of Celtic and Japanese islands. She works with indigenous groups in base Christian communities and with justice and peace groups, as well as with parishes, dioceses, and religious communities. An internationally known author, theologian, storyteller, and lecturer, McKenna teaches at several colleges and universities and organizes retreats, workshops and parish missions. She has authored more than forty books, including:
- And Morning Came-Scriptures of the Resurrection
- Praying the Rosary
- Send My Roots Rain
- The New Stations of the Cross
- Harm Not the Earth
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