| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 89 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Foreword by the Reverend CanonProfessor Joseph Galgalo; Foreword by Dr. John Blevins; Preface; Contents; CHAPTER ONE -- Our Father!; From Being to Becoming; From "Myness" to "Ourness"; From Theological to Christological; A Trinitarian Mystery?; CHAPTER TWO -- Who Art in Heaven; Heaven & Earth or Heaven & Hell?; Hell on Earth?; Does God Need a Home?; Where is Heaven?; God in Heaven and on Earth; CHAPTER THREE -- Hallowed Be; Holiness in the Bible; The Experience of Holiness; An Otherness with a Difference; CHAPTER FOUR -- Thy Name |
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Why Hallowed Be Thy Name?To whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life! (John 6:68); No Other Name; CHAPTER FIVE -- Thy Kingdom Come; The Idea of the "Kingdom of God"; The Jewish Aspirations about the Kingdom of God; The Meaning of the Kingdom; The Kingdom in Jesus' Parables; CHAPTER SIX -- Thy Will Be Done on Earth as it is in Heaven; Is This God's Will?; What is God's Will?; The Helpless Almighty?; The Bad Earth; Taking History Seriously; Prayers or Shopping Lists?; A Supra-Individual Commitment; Praying Means Paying; CHAPTER SEVEN -- Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread |
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God at the Dining TableFrom the Field to the Dining Table; Not by Bread Alone; Food Unites the Material and the Spiritual; The Horror Parable; CHAPTER EIGHT -- And Forgive Us Our Trespasses; Our Trespasses?; My Trespasses; And What Are My Trespasses?; Lets Confess Our Sins; CHAPTER NINE -- As We Forgive Those Who Trespass Against Us; A Subjective Phenomenon; Ever Heard the Story "The Pills of Goodness"?; A Chain Reaction between the Vertical and the Horizontal; An Attitude of the Whole Being; Honouring a Confession; By Forgiving Others We Do a Favour to Ourselves |
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Christ, the Supreme Example of ForgivenessCHAPTER TEN -- And Lead Us Not Into Temptation; The Ethico-Moral Dimension: An Exegetical Enigma; Other Dimensions of Temptation; Is There "Glory" in Temptation?; From Temptation to Triumph; And Finally, "Only Those Who Ride the Horse ... "; CHAPTER ELEVEN -- But Deliver Us from Evil; An Old Problem; And What Do Philosophers Say?; What to Do?; Evil Makes Us Partners with God; CHAPTER TWELVE -- For Thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory, Forever and Ever Amen; The Human "Mine"; The Divine "Thine"; The Divine "Thine" Wow!; References |
| Summary |
Our Father is an accessible but theologically astute book, employing sound biblical scholarship, systematic theological reflection, and socio-cultural assessments which aid understanding of the profound implications for our time in history and of the sixty-seven words that comprise the LordÃs Prayer |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Lord's prayer -- Meditations
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Lord's prayer. |
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Jesus, the Gospels & Acts.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- New Testament.
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RELIGION -- Prayerbooks -- Christian.
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| Genre/Form |
Meditations.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789966040121 |
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9966040129 |
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