Worldly Wisdom and Foolish Grace: Lessons from Abraham's Tent
Ebook
Overview
Rabbi Jesus interpreted the teachings of Torah to his followers. The Prophet Mohammad received a divine revelation centuries later that returned his people to the faith of Abraham. The holy texts of all three Abrahamic faiths, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, teach compassion, generosity, and nonviolence. While culture and politics often speak one understanding of “wisdom,” each of these faith traditions asks very different and difficult behavior of their followers, i.e., loving enemies, showing compassion for all, and giving away wealth to serve the poor; in other words, grace-filled living which the world sees as “foolish.” Worldly Wisdom and Foolish Grace reflects on ten of the hardest words spoken in Abraham’s tent, places “foolish grace” up against “worldly wisdom,” and asks us to choose which road to take.
This spare and splendid book is just what the world needs now, along with love, sweet love. With her creative genius and compassionate heart, Barbara Campbell not only shares the gifts of Abraham’s Tent, but invites all of us to gather beneath its shelter. May this singular and inspiring book be the first of many.
——Jane Kirkpatrick, seeker and New York Times award-winning author of Something Worth Doing
- Title: Worldly Wisdom and Foolish Grace: Lessons from Abraham's Tent
- Authors: Barbara Carnegie Campbell, Arif Humayun, Batya Podos
- Publisher: Resource Publications
- Print Publication Date: 2020
- Logos Release Date: 2020
- Pages: 184
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781725270220, 9781725270213, 1725270218, 9781725270206, 172527020X, 1725270226
- Resource ID: LLS:9781725270220
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2026-02-22T01:51:28Z
Barbara Carnegie Campbell received her master of divinity and
doctor of ministry from San Francisco Theological Seminary. She is
an ordained Presbyterian (PCUSA) pastor who has served five
congregations in Oregon. St. Mark Presbyterian Church, which she
served for thirteen years, worked and worshiped hand–in–hand with
P’nai Or Jewish Renewal Congregation, who shared their building,
and Riswan Ahmadiyya Mosque nearby. She presently shares in
leadership of Cascades Presbytery.