Joyful Noise The New Testament Revisited

by Steinke, Darcey; Moody, Rick

• ISBN13: 9780316579957
• ISBN10: 0316579955
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: Back Bay Books

Summary

Paperback is the ideal format for this acclaimed anthology in which twenty-one prominent American writers -- all of whom came of age in the baby boom and Generation X years -- look at the New Testament with a fresh eye toward its meaning for them, and for us, today. These thought-provoking essays will reassure, excite, and inspire anyone who has felt the need to approach spirituality in a personal or unorthodox way. With an introduction by Rick Moody and an afterword by Darcey Steinke, Joyful Noise includes contributions from: Madison Smartt Bell -- April Bernard -- Catherine Bowman -- Joseph Caldwell -- Benjamin Cheever -- Lydia Davis -- Jeffrey Eugenides -- Eurydice -- Coco Fusco -- Lucy Grealy -- Barry Hannah -- bell hooks -- Jim Lewis -- Ann Patchett -- Ann Powers -- Joanna Scott -- Lisa Shea -- Stephen Westfall -- Kim Wozencraft

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Parable of the Hidden Treasure	p. 3
Jesus' Feet	p. 14
Jesus Was a Convict	p. 19
Marvelous Revelation	p. 29
A Love Supreme	p. 40
Within and Without	p. 51
"Was" in John	p. 61
Teenage Jesus	p. 75
My God	p. 89
Love's Alchemy	p. 107
The Good Enough News	p. 114
Underdog: The Holy Spirit of Acts	p. 124
The Rock	p. 135
Snake Bite	p. 145
Corpus Christi	p. 152
Judge Not	p. 172
Paring Off the Amphibologisms: Jesus Recovered by the Jesus Seminar	p. 183
The Magnificat	p. 203
Sermon with Meath	p. 216
Forthwith	p. 228
Afterword: The Baby	p. 237
Notes on Contributors	p. 248
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