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In The Word on the Street, John Martens brings the Bible to where
people live: in the church, at home, at work, and in the broader
world. This Lectionary commentary for every Sunday of the
liturgical year will help readers understand the Bible in light of
their daily lives, experiences, and challenges and will help Sunday
Mass preachers find new ways to articulate God's work in the world.
John Martens is known for his contributions to "The Word," a
popular column in America magazine. The Word on the Street, Year C
is the final book in a three-volume series that presents
scriptural, liturgical, and preaching commentary for Sundays
throughout the year.
In The Word on the Street, John Martens brings the Bible to where
people live: in the church, at home, at work, and in the broader
world. This Lectionary commentary for every Sunday of the
liturgical year will help readers understand the Bible in light of
their daily lives, experiences, and challenges, and help Sunday
Mass preachers find new ways to articulate God's work in the world.
John Martens is known for his contributions to The Word, a popular
column in America magazine. The Word on the Street, Year B is the
second book in a three-volume series that presents scriptural,
liturgical, and preaching commentary for Sundays throughout the
year.
In The Word on the Street, John Martens brings the Bible to where
people live, in the church, at home, at work, and in the broader
world. This lectionary commentary for every Sunday of the
liturgical year offers readers a way in which the Bible can speak
to them in light of their lives today. John Martens is known for
his contributions to The Word, a popular column in America
magazine. The Word on the Street is the first book (Year A) in a
three-volume series that presents scriptural, liturgical, and
preaching commentary for Sundays throughout the year.
Although Jesus called on his first followers to welcome children in
his name and to become like children, the lives of the first
Christian children have remained in the shadows. This book explores
the hidden lives of children at the origins of Christianity. It
draws on insights gained from comparisons of children's experiences
in ancient Judaism and the Graeco-Roman world. The authors also
engage a vast body of early Christian literature, extending from
the New Testament to sermons, letters, theological treatises,
poetry, pedagogical manuals, and historiography in Greek, Latin,
Syriac, and other languages of the early Christian world. The
guiding question of the book focuses on how Christianity changed
the lives of children in the ancient world. Some of the other
questions examined by the authors include: Did boys and girls both
receive a formal education? Were Christian children slaves? How did
they participate in manual labor? What kinds of games did children
play? How did children become a part of the Christian church? This
book breaks new ground in the study of early Christianity by
examining the challenges to Christian childhood in the first
centuries of the Church. The authors look at the violence
perpetrated against children, and they consider the effects and
opportunities arising from Christians' experiences of martyrdom and
from the increased Christian interest in various forms of
asceticism, including celibacy. The book brings into the open the
lives of early Christian children and throws much needed light on
what has been a largely neglected area of study in early
Christianity.
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