The Priority of Christ

The Priority of ChristFor a long time, Christians have tried to bridge the divide between Christianity and secular liberalism with philosophizing and theologizing. In The Priority of Christ, Bishop Robert Barron shows that the answer to this debate and the way to move forward lies in Jesus. Barron transcends the usual liberal conservative or Protestant Catholic divides with a postliberal Catholicism that brings the focus back on Jesus as revealed in the New Testament

and theologians throughout the ages who caught sight of the glory of God in diverse ways

He argues that practical theology is part of the everyday life of the church and that there are a variety of possible approaches

Ayman Ibrahim grew up in the Muslim world and has spent many years teaching various courses on Islam

and sacrifices that foreshadowed it

thoroughly updated edition of a successful textbook

Praise for the First Edition

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Gregg Okesson shows that local congregations are the primary means of public witness in and for the world

making it suitable for classroom use and parish ministry

coauthors of The Faces of Forgiveness (winner of the Narramore Award from the Christian Association for Psychological Studies) continue their interdisciplinary dialogue in their latest work

The authors combine proven expertise in the classroom with cutting-edge work in Hebrew textual studies

Resources in this area often prove overspecialized and arcane