SNCC: The New Abolitionists influenced a generation of activists struggling for civil rights and seeking to learn from the successes and failures of those who built the fantastically influential Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. It is considered an indispensable study of the organization; of the 1960s; and of the process of social change. Includes a new introduction by the author.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A Provocative; Exciting ReadBy Robert NorthThe Lost Gospel primarily is not about proving that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene or that he and Mary Magdalene established an intercourse-based sect; although those issues are both the hook to get readers into the book and the dramatic glue that holds it together. Rather; Jacobovici and Wilson model how we need to challenge our Christian brainwashing.The Lost Gospel is a detective; panoramic drama. In it the authors provide an intriguing and intoxicating romp through early Christianity. We learn; for example; about the cosmopolitan nature of Galilee and the Roman/Jewish political intrigue in the first century and its effect on Jesus’ actions and compositions; ; about how Paul high jacked Jesus name to promote a theology not based on Jesus’ parables and core sayings; and about how various competing Messiah-communities and commentators sprang up after Jesus died because either no one understood or was willing to live Jesus’ revolutionary message.As a result; one is left not just asking about the relatively minor issues around Jesus’ romantic life; but more importantly investigating other questions such as the nature of Jesus’ “Way†(Acts 9:1-2) that terrified Rome and the Jewish authorities for 150 years; why the Christian creed is not based on Jesus’ teachings; did Jesus and Mary Magdalene as a team compose and proclaim the gospel of God (Mk 1:14); and was Mary Magdalene’s community the precursor of the Gnostic movement?Did Jacobovici and Wilson distort a few quotes to force their contentions about Jesus’ marriage? Yes. Could a reader find that some parts are a repetitive driving home of their contentions? Yes. Hopefully; the next edition will correct these issues. Overall; however; the authors follow the bread crumbs yielded by their detailed research and courageously state provocative conclusions.Robert W. North1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Well documented!By Kindle CustomerWell written by biblical scholars. Very informative! Enough facts to make me a believer. Their position that Mary Magdalen and Jesus were married makes perfect sense.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. This book reaches far to demonstrate the authenticity of its ...By C. URDAHLThis book reaches far to demonstrate the authenticity of its analysis; but it merits consideration; even if its frequent use of "coding/decoding" causes the reader to wonder whether the authors "doth protest too much." The authors have a point--i.e.; it was common place for authors in the time period when the document seems to have been written for authors to shroud their true stories in allegory. The original readers of this account went to extreme lengths to preserve it; and for this reason it deserves to be considered.
