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Thursday, 03 June 2010 15:23

James Alison's Forgiving Victim DVD Series

"And beginning with Moses and all the prophets, [Jesus] interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.” (Luke 24:27)

What insights into “all the scriptures” did Jesus reveal on the road to Emmaus to his confused and frightened disciples? What happens when we read the Old Testament and the Apostolic witness through the eyes of Jesus, the forgiving victim?

With James Alison as the guide, discover that being a Christian is not principally about being good or believing the right things. A Christian is someone who finds him/herself on the receiving end of an act of communication and, just like the disciples, receiving a revised story about themselves and everything they thought they knew to be true. Using anthropology, a mimetic understanding of how desire and violence work, and old fashioned common sense, James Alison invites us to transform how we think about God, how we pray and worship, and how we go about being good Christians.

Ideal for a new member, adult education class or individuals interested in discovering orthodoxy made fresh and the Christian faith made liveable, prayable and preachable.

Curriculum includes:

Video of James Alison’s lectures
Leader’s guide
Participant guide
Online Modules

Directed by Gerard Jamroz • Produced by Imitatio and The Raven Foundation

Acclaim for James Alison

James Alison is one of the most creative, innovative and thoughtful Christian thinkers of our day. His writings have been of enormous use in my own spiritual journey, and his insights into Jesus Christ have changed the way I look at the One who walked among us and the One who has been raised. ~ James Martin, SJ, author of The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything

…almost frighteningly profound. ~ Stanley Hauerwas James_Alison_hs_web