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«In this fascinating book, Cameron Freeman has done two things usually considered to be between the improbable and the impossible. First, he says something new and interesting about the parables of Jesus by pondering them not just as discrete stories but as a total discourse. Second, he challenges the long-held ascendancy of philosophy over theology by using the deep structure of that parabolic complex as normative not just for Christian theology but even for post-modern philosophy itself.» (John Dominic Crossan – world renowned New Testament scholar, best-selling author and co-founder of the Jesus Seminar) «Cameron Freeman breathes a new life of interaction with the Word into the familiar stories of Jesus that we so easily and dangerously think we understand. Freeman shows how continuously subverting is the teaching of Jesus towards all complacency and all attempts to tame that radical knowing of God that is the Gospel and that has changed the way human beings see God and themselves. With intelligence and careful scholarship this book also transmits that first thrill of seeing what Jesus is really getting at and the relief of seeing superficial interpretations collapse.» (Father Laurence Freeman – director of the World Community of Christian Meditation and widely published author) «Cameron Freeman is an original and imaginative thinker. In this book, he works creatively at the intersection of post-modern philosophy and biblical scholarship to show how the richly paradoxical language and practice of Jesus can take us beyond apparent philosophical impasse into fresh and rich theological insights. (Denis Edwards – Catholic Theologian and Senior Lecturer in Theology at Flinders University) «This work undercuts the assumption that post modernism’s criticism of Western metaphysics leads to either nihilism or atheism. Dr. Freeman takes to heart the criticism of Heidegger and Derrida and uses their insights to illuminate the heart of the Christian message making it accessible to the post modern mind. It is an invaluable contribution that will set the pace of theology well into the future.» (Rev. Gregory J. Mayers, C.Ss.R., Zen Teacher of the Sanbo-Kyodan Religious Foundation and of the Empty Cloud Sangha, Director of the East-West Meditation Program at Mercy Center in Burlingame, CA.)

In this fascinating book, Cameron Freeman has done two things usually considered to be between the improbable and the impossible. First, he says something new and interesting about the parables of Jesus by pondering them not just as discrete stories but as a total discourse. Second, he challenges the long-held ascendancy of philosophy over theology by using the deep structure of that parabolic complex as normative not just for Christian theology but even for post-modern philosophy itself. (John Dominic Crossan - world renowned New Testament scholar, best-selling author and co-founder of the Jesus Seminar) Cameron Freeman breathes a new life of interaction with the Word into the familiar stories of Jesus that we so easily and dangerously think we understand. Freeman shows how continuously subverting is the teaching of Jesus towards all complacency and all attempts to tame that radical knowing of God that is the Gospel and that has changed the way human beings see God and themselves. With intelligence and careful scholarship this book also transmits that first thrill of seeing what Jesus is really getting at and the relief of seeing superficial interpretations collapse. (Father Laurence Freeman - director of the World Community of Christian Meditation and widely published author) Cameron Freeman is an original and imaginative thinker. In this book, he works creatively at the intersection of post-modern philosophy and biblical scholarship to show how the richly paradoxical language and practice of Jesus can take us beyond apparent philosophical impasse into fresh and rich theological insights. (Denis Edwards - Catholic Theologian and Senior Lecturer in Theology at Flinders University) This work undercuts the assumption that post modernism's criticism of Western metaphysics leads to either nihilism or atheism. Dr. Freeman takes to heart the criticism of Heidegger and Derrida and uses their insights to illuminate the heart of the Christian message making it accessible to the post modern mind. It is an invaluable contribution that will set the pace of theology well into the future. (Rev. Gregory J. Mayers, C.Ss.R., Zen Teacher of the Sanbo-Kyodan Religious Foundation and of the Empty Cloud Sangha, Director of the East-West Meditation Program at Mercy Center in Burlingame, CA.)

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The Author: Cameron Freeman earned his Ph.D. in philosophical theology from Flinders University of South Australia and the Adelaide College of Divinity. After travelling overseas as a post-doctoral researcher, he is currently a teacher, independent scholar, and freelance writer with a keen interest in the historical Jesus, interfaith dialog between East and West, and the contemplative dimensions of Christianity.

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