John P. Dickson
Auteur van If I Were God, I'd End All the Pain: Struggling with Evil, Suffering and Faith
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Werken van John P. Dickson
If I Were God, I'd End All the Pain: Struggling with Evil, Suffering and Faith (2001) 260 exemplaren
The Best Kept Secret of Christian Mission: Promoting the Gospel with More Than Our Lips (2010) 212 exemplaren
If I Were God, I'd Make Myself Clearer: Searching for Clarity in a World Full of Claims (2001) 179 exemplaren
Hearing Her Voice, Revised Edition: A Case for Women Giving Sermons (Fresh Perspectives on Women in Ministry) (2012) 83 exemplaren
A Doubter's Guide to the Bible: Inside History’s Bestseller for Believers and Skeptics (2015) 77 exemplaren
A Doubter's Guide to Jesus: An Introduction to the Man from Nazareth for Believers and Skeptics (2018) 67 exemplaren
A Spectator's Guide to Jesus: An Introduction to the Man from Nazareth (Spectator's Guides) (2005) 66 exemplaren
A Doubter's Guide to the Ten Commandments: How, for Better or Worse, Our Ideas about the Good Life Come from Moses… (2016) 37 exemplaren
A Doubter's Guide to World Religions: A Fair and Friendly Introduction to the History, Beliefs, and Practices of… (2022) 22 exemplaren
Worship As It Is In Heaven: Worship That Engages Every Believer and Establishes God's Kingdom on Earth (2010) 15 exemplaren
A Spectator's guide to the world's religions 5 exemplaren
The Christ Files Participant's Guide with DVD: How Historians Know What They Know about Jesus (2011) 4 exemplaren
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1967
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- Australia
- Geboorteplaats
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Woonplaatsen
- Wheaton, Illinois, USA
- Opleiding
- Moore Theological College
Macquarie University (PhD, Ancient History) - Organisaties
- Macquarie University
Centre for Public Christianity
Wheaton College
University of Sydney
Ridley Theological College
University of Oxford - Korte biografie
- [from back cover of A Doubter's Guide to the Ten Commandments]
John Dickson (PhD, Ancient History) is an Honorary Fellow of the Department of Ancient History at Macquarie University, Founding Director of the Centre for Public Christianity, and Senior Minister of St. Andrew's Roseville. The author of more than a dozen books, he is the host of two major historical documentaries for Australian television, and is a busy public speaker, university lecturer, and media commentator.
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A Historical introduction to the life and teaching of Jesus.
Did you know that the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy nor Roman? I do now, because I have read John Dickson’s terrific book. Indeed, in a few hundred pages I feel like he’s fleshed out two thousand years of history that was mostly opaque. A perfect book to get the broad sweep of church history written in an accessible chatty style. Well done, John.
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The book is brought up to date by reflections on the North Ireland 'Troubles', and the comparatively recent clergy abuse scandals.
The powerful metaphor that is used throughout is that of a 'beautiful tune' (original Christian teaching), and the way in which that tune has been played very badly, and distorted over the years of history since. The honesty of the book is compelling, but also its fairness, and in some cases, its pushback against some of the unfounded charges levelled against Christianity.… (meer)