Speaking Christian: Recovering the lost meaning of Christian words

by Marcus Borg

Publisher:

SPCK Publishing

, 2012

Overview

As with French, German or Spanish, learning the basic vocabulary of Christianity is a vital first step in understanding what it means and how it works. We think of words like ‘faith’, ’forgiveness’, ’salvation’, ’sin’ and ’heaven’. But how can we be sure that we understand them correctly? Over the centuries all sorts of different meanings have grown up around these words, and sometimes those meanings can obscure or distort the way the words were originally used in the Bible. In Speaking Christian, Marcus Borg takes some of the key words in the Christian dictionary and exposes the negative and unhelpful connotations they still carry today. At the same time, he goes back to the Bible and unpacks their meaning in a way that is both more faithful to the teaching of Jesus and more relevant to his followers today.

Product Details

• Title: Speaking Christian: Recovering the lost meaning of Christian words
• Author: Marcus Borg
• Publisher: SPCK Publishing
• Print Publication Date: 2012
• Logos Release Date: 2022
• Pages: 256
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Ebook
• ISBNs: 9780281066872, 0281066876
• Resource ID: LLS:9780281066872
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T22:47:11Z

About Marcus Borg

Marcus J. Borg is Canon Theologian at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland, Oregon. Prior to 2007, he was Hundere Chair of Religion and Culture in the Philosophy Department at Oregon State University. He has authored nineteen books and his works have been translated into eleven languages. A Fellow of the Jesus Seminar, he has been national chair of the Historical Jesus Section of the Society of Biblical Literature and co-chair of its International New Testament Program Committee, and is past president of the Anglican Association of Biblical Scholars.