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Beyond the Biography of Jesus: The Journey of Quadratos, Book II by Alexander J. Shaia
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ISBN: Paperback
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Beyond the Biography of Jesus: The Journey of Quadratos, Book II
by Alexander J. Shaia
(Paperback)
Exclusive to Cold Tree, the long awaited, and widely acclaimed, second book of the Quadratos,
covering the Gospels of John and Luke.
NOW AVAILABLE!
Churches, call for volume discounting before ordering. 615-309-4984
“…breathtakingly liberating.”
—The Reverend Alan Jones, Dean, Grace Cathedral, San Francisco
“…will revolutionize the way we understand the gospels.”
—Rev. Roché Vermaak, Associate Pastor, Brentwood Presbyterian Church
“... extremely relevant in today's challenging world. A must read.”
— Justine Willis Toms, co-founder & producer, New Dimensions Media
There is an immense dilemma, even a crisis, in Christian churches today—and it is shared by most other spiritual traditions —Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam. It is a dilemma of belief, and of trust. Lack of enthusiasm and dissatisfaction in congregations is pervasive, hyper-rigidity abounds, and many have completely closed their minds and hearts to any form of religion at all because they have been injured or angered by what they perceive as a lack of logic, or charity—or both.
This book reveals a revolutionary biblical discovery that directly addresses this critical dilemma. During the first years of the Christian church, early followers not only elevated the traditional four gospels above all the other gospels and writings available—they placed them in a mysterious, non-chronological reading sequence and read them that way for hundreds of years. Why? Because the four Christian gospels tell a much greater story than the biography of Jesus!
Dr. Shaia unravels the divine inspiration of this mysterious sequence, and links it to universal, spiritual and anthropological as well as modern psychological understandings. He demonstrates the value of this perspective to create faith-filled lives that are relevant and useful in a time that is much more complex than village life millennia ago. He shows how we can trust in the gospels of Matthew, Mark, John and Luke, the core documents of the Christian faith, as revelations of divine truth, despite all of their discrepancies, mistranslations and centuries of abuse and misuse. In the sequence Dr. Shaia discloses, the gospels are the map of our never-ending spiritual journey.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Alexander J. Shaia, Ph.D, is an educator, psychotherapist, liturgist, writer and passionate professional speaker. He is the founder and director of the Blue Door Retreat in Santa Fe, NM. He travels internationally, lecturing and conducting workshops and retreats on Quadratos, Jungian sandplay therapy, rites of passage, and Christian spirituality.
Please feel free to visit the Quadratos websites: www.quadratos.com and www.bluedoorretreat.com
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