{"product_id":"9780966509021","title":"The Transparent Event: Post-Modern Christ Images","description":"On the cover I call this \"a book about the meaning of life.\"  In it I share the images of ten Christian thinkers of the last half of the twentieth century who have helped me articulate the meaning of life.  In another section I share the edge of my understanding of the transparent event - that which is universally the ground of meaning.  In the next section, of contexts and exercises, I hope to help the reader clarify his or her Christ image.  The last section, \"edifying discourses,\" is a pull-together of the book in lay terms. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  I am not trying to be controversial.  I am not a liberal, a conservative, or a heretic, unless one goes back to the original meaning of the word: \"to choose,\" or choosing the parts of the tradition that make fundamental sense to one's life experience.  I expect readers to dialogue with what I have written: neither swallow it whole nor burn it.  We can only believe what we honestly believe, not what we are supposed to believe.  I trust a new Christ image that makes sense to our real lives in this world will help bring us together rather than divide us.  This is the bottom-line of an authentic Christ image.    ","brand":"Transcribe Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49827876438256,"sku":"9780966509021","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780966509021","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}