{"title":"David Lloyd Dusenbury","description":"\u003cp\u003eDavid Lloyd Dusenbury’s works delve deeply into themes of faith, morality, and personal reflection, offering thoughtful perspectives within the realm of \u003cem\u003eReligion \u0026amp; Spirituality\u003c\/em\u003e. His writing encourages readers to explore complex ethical questions with compassion and insight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough titles such as \u003cstrong\u003eI Judge No One\u003c\/strong\u003e, Dusenbury invites contemplation on human fallibility and grace, blending spiritual wisdom with a clear, engaging style. His books resonate with those seeking meaningful conversations about belief and understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"i-judge-no-one-by-david-lloyd-dusenbury-9781787388055","title":"I Judge No One","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy was Jesus, who said 'I judge no one', put to death for a political crime? Of course, this is a historical question - but it is not only historical. Jesus's life became a philosophical theme in the first centuries of our era, when 'pagan' and Christian philosophers clashed over the meaning of his sayings and the significance of his death. Modern philosophers, too, such as Immanuel Kant and Friedrich Nietzsche, have tried to retrace the arc of Jesus's life and death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Judge No One\u003c\/i\u003e is a philosophical reading of the four memoirs, or 'gospels', that were fashioned by early Christ-believers and collected in the New Testament. It offers original ways of seeing a deeply enigmatic figure who calls himself the Son of Man.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Lloyd Dusenbury suggests that Jesus offered his contemporaries a scandalous double claim. First, that human judgements are pervasive and deceptive; and second, that even divine laws can only be fulfilled in the human experience of love. Though his life led inexorably to a grim political death, what Jesus's sayings revealed - and still reveal - is that our highest desires lie beyond the political.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise from \u003ci\u003eThe Innocence of Pontius Pilate\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A model of intelligent, accessible and persuasive scholarship.' - \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A groundbreaking book.' - \u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'[A] startlingly original book.' - \u003ci\u003eHistory Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A dazzlingly clever book.' - \u003ci\u003eThe Tablet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47486123213036,"sku":"9781787388055","price":69.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/b8c5968020c9c9c1e6e86696905cbbd7.jpg?v=1775780644"},{"product_id":"the-innocence-of-pontius-pilate-by-david-lloyd-dusenbury-9781805260288","title":"The Innocence of Pontius Pilate","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe gospels and ancient historians agree: Jesus was sentenced to death by Pontius Pilate, the Roman imperial prefect in Jerusalem. To this day, Christians of all churches confess that Jesus died 'under Pontius Pilate'. But what exactly does that mean?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWithin decades of Jesus' death, Christians began suggesting that it was the Judaean authorities who had crucified Jesus—a notion later echoed in the Qur'an. In the third century, one philosopher raised the notion that, although Pilate had condemned Jesus, he'd done so justly; this idea survives in one of the main strands of modern New Testament criticism. So what is the truth of the matter? And what is the history of that truth?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Lloyd Dusenbury reveals Pilate's 'innocence' as not only a neglected theological question, but a recurring theme in the history of European political thought. He argues that Jesus' interrogation by Pilate, and Augustine of Hippo's North African sermon on that trial, led to the concept of secularity and the logic of tolerance emerging in early modern Europe. 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[A] groundbreaking book.' - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'[A] startlingly original book.' - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHistory Today\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A dazzlingly clever book.' - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Tablet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'This scholarship will change the debate ... Inquiry into the interpretation history of Jesus's Roman trial cannot be the same after Dusenbury's work.' - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Church Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47487608193260,"sku":"9781805260288","price":44.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/a9fee7f98f5a4e46c547178ca526f034.jpg?v=1775772601"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/david-lloyd-dusenbury.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}