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Understanding the Bible: An Introduction for Skeptics, Seekers, and Religious Liberals
February 4, 2004
John Buehrens Unitarian minister, writer

John Buehrens questions the fundamentalist reading of the Bible, offering those with a liberal or progressive outlook ways to reclaim the Bible from literalists. Citing some of the best contemporary historical, literary, political, and feminist readings of the Hebrew and Christian scriptures, Buehrens' book serves as a springboard into a discussion of who defines our religious heritage and what constitute 'family values'.

John Buehrens was president of the Unitarian Universalist Association from 1993 to 2001. He is now minister of the First Parish in Needham, Massachusetts, and special assistant to the secretary general of the World Conference of Religions for Peace. He is co-author, with Forrest Church, of A Chosen Faith.

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Image of A Chosen Faith: An Introduction to Unitarian Universalism
Author: Forrest Church, John A. Buehrens
Publisher: Beacon Press (1998)
Binding: Paperback, 256 pages
Image of Understanding the Bible: An Introduction for Skeptics, Seekers, and Religious Liberals
Author: John A. Buehrens
Publisher: Beacon Press (2004)
Binding: Paperback, 224 pages
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