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Reading the Ten Commandments Anew: Towards a Land of Freedom

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The Ten Commandments transport most of us back to the religion of our childhood, to catechism class or Sunday school. They easily evoke blind obedience, sin and guilt, a moralistic or legalistic mindset; their negative approach seems to be at the opposite extreme from the positive religion of love and responsibility which we identify with Jesus Christ. This book proposes to undertake a re-reading of this well-known biblical text to show how the Ten Commandments represent simple boundaries that protect our freedom to act and ...

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Reading the Ten Commandments Anew: Towards a Land of Freedom 2004, Saint Pauls/Alba House, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780818909559

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