Conversations With Scripture: The Gospel of Luke (Anglican Association of Biblical Scholars) (Anglican Association of Biblical Scholars Study) [Paperback]

Frederick W. Schmidt (Author)

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Publication Date: October 5, 2009 | Series: Anglican Association of Biblical Scholars Study

The best of therapy and spiritual direction begins with telling stories that describe where we have been and where we are going. Luke is neither a psychologist nor a spiritual director, but intuitively he understands the importance of storytelling as the key to human growth, change, and healing. Speaking to the crisis of faith faced by his church, Luke retells the story of Jesus' birth, ministry, death, and resurrection as a means of addressing the spiritual struggles that resurface generation after generation. Touching on issues of belonging, authority, tradition, behavior, and hope, Schmidt offers a reading of Luke's gospel that speaks to today's reader.

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"In this engaging and readable text, Frederick Schmidt takes us into a conversation with Luke in ways that thrust us down deep into the life of the Spirit, preparing us to address the needs of the world today. When the Good News of `then and there' touches our lives in the `here and now,' the Kingdom is indeed within us and among us. To read this book is to receive new eyes for reading again the Gospel of Luke, as though for the first time. I strongly recommend it!" -- --Paul N. Anderson, Professor of Biblical and Quaker Studies, George Fox University

Product Details

• Paperback: 125 pages
• Publisher: Morehouse Publishing (October 5, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0819223611
• ISBN-13: 978-0819223616
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,081,394 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The Reverend Dr. Frederick W. Schmidt, Jr. is an Episcopal Priest, Director of Spiritual Formation and Anglican Studies, and Associate Professor of Christian Spirituality at Southern Methodist University, Perkins School of Theology in Dallas, Texas. Prior to his arrival at SMU, he served as Canon Educator and Director of Programs in Spirituality and Religious Education at Washington National Cathedral; as special assistant to the President and Provost of La Salle University in Philadelphia; as a Fellow of the American Council on Education; and as Dean of St. George's College, Jerusalem. In addition he as served as a lecturer in New Testament studies at Oxford University, and as a Tutor in New Testament studies at Keble College, Oxford. He has been a guest lecturer at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC, the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland and the Southwestern Medical Center at the University of Texas, Dallas. He is the author of numerous published articles and reviews, including entries in Doubleday's Anchor Bible Dictionary. He is author of A Still Small Voice: Women, Ordination and the Church (Syracuse University Press, 1998); The Changing Face of God (Morehouse-Continuum, 2000); When Suffering Persists (Morehouse-Continuum, 2001), in Italian translation: Sofferenza, All ricerca di una riposta (Torino: Claudiana, 2004); Conversations with Scripture: Revelation (Morehouse-Continuum, 2005); What God Wants for Your Life, Finding Answers to the Deepest Questions (HarperSanFrancisco, 2005); and Conversations with Scripture: Luke (Morehouse, 2009). Dr. Schmidt holds a bachelor's degree from Asbury College, the Masters of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary and the Doctor of Philosophy from Oxford University.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A scholarly delve into the gospel of Luke, March 13, 2010

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This review is from: Conversations With Scripture: The Gospel of Luke (Anglican Association of Biblical Scholars) (Anglican Association of Biblical Scholars Study) (Paperback)

The life of Christ is told as a stream of lessons for the world to follow. "The Gospel of Luke" is an entry into the Conversations with Scripture series as Episcopal priest Frederick W. Schmidt offers a scholarly delve into the gospel of Luke, one of the most central books of the New Testament. With much wisdom and scholarly insight on the volume, Schmidt makes "The Gospel of Luke" a highly educational read for Bible readers trying to understand a deeper meaning in their texts.