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The Regulator Book Shop on Ninth Street in Durham is sponsoring a book reading by Dr. Gomes. Tuesday, March 4, 2008, 7:00 p.m. Bestselling author of The Good Book, Peter J. Gomes will discuss and sign copies of his new book, The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus: What's So Good About the Good News? Huston Smith writes, "Of the hundreds of books on Jesus' teachings, [this] is by far the best. Mincing no words, it drives home how radical Jesus' teachings really are." Gomes serves as the Plummer Professor of Christian Morals at Harvard University and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church Another book reading ... Quail Ridge Books -
Ridgewood Shopping Center Rev. Gomes will visit Duke Chapel and preach on March 16, 2008. Rev. Gomes preached at Duke Chapel on April 22, 2007. You may listen to that service here. He previously preached at Duke Chapel on January 15, 2006. You may listen to that service here. I promised to provide some Internet sources that might be useful as supplementary material as we read and this The Good Book. Below you will find the results of some time I have spent looking for interesting postings on the Internet that are connected to Rev. Peter Gomes. I found a huge number of possibilities; there are many, too many, to read them all. I have listed below some that you may want to read (or hear). A biography of Rev. Gomes appears on the Internet site for the Memorial Church of Harvard University were he is the senior minister: You may learn more about Memorial Church by starting from the home page of its web site. Here you will find information about the programs of the church, its history, and you can listen to a selection of Rev. Gomes’ sermons. Rev. Gomes is a member of the faculty of the Harvard Divinity School. Learn more here. Rev. Gomes was interviewed on the PBS program "The NewsHour" by Ray Suarez in a program that aired on December 25. You can read a transcription of the interview, listen to the interview, or watch and listen to the interview here. (Someone mentioned this past Sunday that they had watched this interview.) [The following night "The NewsHour" aired an interview by Ray Suarez with Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary that provided some different points of view.] Gomes latest book The Scandalous Gospel is the subject of many interviews and reviews. If we enjoy reading his The Good Book, we may want to include The Scandalous Gospel on our list of future candidates. You can listen to Gomes reading from this latest book on NPR. This reading of The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus took place in November of 2007 at the Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, D.C. The reading runs for 68 minutes. This is a typical book store "reading" with introductory comments and reading of portions of the book. And you may watch a Charlie Rose interview with Peter Gomes.
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