Book cover for Parables and Paradox: The Offensive Gospel by Stephen Harrison and Richard Huizinga

Parables and Paradox

The Offensive Gospel

2021 Released
266 Pages
4-6 Hours
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West Point Print and Media LLCISBN 9781956001716

The gospels, in a nutshell, are an offensive paradox where absurd and seemingly contradictory statements reside such as in order to live we have to die to self. The gospels seek to reconcile unmerited grace with the necessity of social engagement simultaneously to people who may themselves not be deserving as well. We are welcomed home like the Prodigal, but we are not off the hook for work we are called to do. The beauty of the gospels is that as eternal as they are in their ability to inspire, that type of inspiration may manifest in as many ways over time as there are interpretations. Explore ours as you find yours.

Stephen Harrison

Stephen Harrison is Professor of Latin Literature, Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford, UK. His research interests are in Augustan Poetry, the Ancient Novel, esp. Apuleius, Classical Reception (especially 19th and 20th century UK). Among many books and articles he is author of: Vergil: Aeneid 10 (1991), Homage to Horace (ed., 1995), Apuleius: A Latin Sophist (2000) Generic Enrichment in Vergil and Horace (2007).

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