Peter J. Gomes: The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus

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Introduction

01 min 21 sec

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Appropriation of Jesus

05 min 15 sec

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03.

No Absolute Meaning in the Bible

02 min 18 sec

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04.

Validity of Other Faiths

02 min 48 sec

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05.

The Bible Is Not the Gospel

02 min 41 sec

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Religion of or about Jesus

03 min 29 sec

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Race Relations and Jeremiah Wright

08 min 19 sec

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What Would Jesus Say About Race

03 min 05 sec

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Human Solidarity

01 min 19 sec

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Gay Marriage

03 min 12 sec

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Advice for Episcopal Church

04 min 23 sec

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Q1: Anti-Semitism

03 min 36 sec

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Q2: Respect for African Roots

05 min 21 sec

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Q3: Classism vs. Racism

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Q4: Next Step in Solving Racism

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• Rev. Gomes Defends Jeremiah Wright's Views on Race

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  Rev. Peter Gomes justifies Rev. Jeremiah Wright's provocative "fiery" racial views by calling the politics of race America's "unfinished business."
  
  Rev. Wright "speaks the unspeakable," drawing from a great "underlying cultural anxiety" about the state of race in the United States.

• Rev. Peter Gomes - God Does Not Belong to Just One Faith

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  Rev. Peter Gomes replies to the belief that only Christians may know God by quoting Jesus: "Other sheep have I not of this fold."
  
  To Gomes, God is much bigger than a church and a single world view and he responds by "revering all faiths" as God's creation.

• Rev. Peter Gomes: What Would Jesus Say to Gay Marriage?

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  Rev. Peter Gomes draws from passages in the Bible to conclude that Jesus would accept gay marriage.
  
  "Jesus approves of any institution that supports fidelity and loyalty while "recreating the kingdom of God between two individuals," Gomes concludes, and same-sex marriage falls within that category.

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Related Links

• Grace Cathedral
• About Grace Cathedral
• The Forum at Grace Cathedral
• Peter Gomes' Memorial Church of Harvard Biography
• Peter Gomes Interview on NPR
• Peter Gomes' Wikipedia Profile