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Hanging by a Thread

The Challenge of the Cross

by Samuel Wells

  • Paperback
  • 96 pages
  • Publisher: Canterbury Press
  • 12.9 x 19.9 x 0.4 cm

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This book looks at the Cross, and explores how we see it today

You'll discover how the Cross can still shape lives today

An in-depth look at the Cross for the 21st century, Samuel Well's book examines recent ideas in the light of the Cross.
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Sam Wells reflects on the challenges to our understanding of Christ's crucifixion that arise today.

Exploring contemporary ideas in history, biblical studies and philosophy, he asks:

  • Does the possibility that elements of the story did not actually happen leave our Christian heritage hanging by thread?
  • Does the history of persecution that flowed from the classical belief that the Jews were responsible for Jesus' death leave our morality hanging by a thread?
  • Does the improbability of one event having significance for everything, everywhere for all time leave our faith hanging by a thread?

Sam Wells reflects on six biblical stories and discovers that in the face of these challenges, the cross has an enduring power to shape how we live, how we relate to one another and how we allow ourselves to become enfolded in God's story.

Hanging by a Thread and Humbler Faith, Bigger God
Humbler Faith, Bigger GodHanging by a Thread

  • Author

    Samuel Wells

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Canterbury Press

  • Published

    November 2016

  • Weight

    82g

  • Page Count

    96

  • Dimensions

    12.9 x 19.9 x 0.4 cm

  • ISBN

    9781848259072

  • ISBN-10

    1848259077

  • Eden Code

    4457645

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