Bonnie Thurston

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  Shaped By The End You Live For

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  To understand the life and thought of Thomas Merton, one must understand him as a monk. After introducing his vocation and entrance into the Trappist order, this book highlights some of his basic spiritual presuppositions. Relying primarily on Merton’s writing, Bonnie B. Thurston surveys his thought on fundamental aspects of monastic formation and spirituality, particularly obedience, silence, solitude, and prayer. She also addresses some of the temptations and popular misunderstandings surrounding monastic life. Accessible and conversational in style, the book suggests how monastic spirituality is relevant, not only for all Christians, but also for serious spiritual seekers.

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  Philippians And Philemon

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  Philippians is one of the most interesting and beloved of Paul’s undisputed epistles. In Philippians and Philemon, Bonnie Thurston makes a convincing case that canonical Philippians is as Paul wrote it, one letter. A translation conforming as closely as possible to the original Greek is provided, along with a careful analysis of the language of the letter that yields insights into the context and theological underpinning of this epistle.
  The apostle’s very brief letter to Philemon stands solidly within the Pauline collection of authentic and canonical letters. In this commentary Judith Ryan shows how Paul combined his theology with contemporary rhetorical strategies to produce an effective challenge to his audience.

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  Religious Vows The Sermon On The Mount And Christian Living

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  The Sermon on the Mount in St. Matthew’s Gospel is a good synopsis of Jesus’ teaching and the Beatitudes summarize the Sermon on the Mount. Bonnie Thurston reflects on the Beatitudes and their focus on the kingdom of heaven. She shows how the Sermon on the Mount deepens understanding of the spiritual virtues the vows are intended to nurture and how the values embodied in the vows are central to all Christian living.

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  Preaching Mark

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  This new resource examines the major literary units and unique perspective of Mark’s Gospel to help the pastor in sermon preparation. Thurston guides the reader through each of the lectionary readings, attempting to answer the questions: Why did Mark preserve this story” Why was it important for his community? And what does it mean for us today? Included in each chapter are suggestions for further reading, and appendices provide a list of the lectionary readings and an annotated bibliography. This volume makes accessible the wealth of materials Mark’s Gospel offers for Christian life and reflection.

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  Women In The New Testament

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  This is an insightful examination of the personalities, place, and power of women in the New Testament. Thurston gives the cultural and religious context of women in the Greco-Roman world and seeks to show ways in which early Christianity attempted to liberate people from patriarchic oppression and later compromised under the pressure of the dominant society. She looks specifically at the texts of Paul, Mark, John, and the Luke.

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  Spiritual Life In The Early Church

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  SPIRITUAL LIFE IN THE EARLY CHURCH seeks to outline the basic features of the spirituality of the earliest Christians, which is commonly assumed to be determinative for the church of all ages. The author explores the evidence in Acts and Ephesians and sets out to relate the ancient practices and attitudes toward Christian spirituality to religious life today. Her treatment is short but solid scholarship. Bonnie Thurston is Associate Professor of Theology at Wheeling Jesuit College.

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