Speaking Christian: A Misunderstood Language
Being Christian includes using and understanding Christian language, yet many crucial Christian words are seriously misunderstood. Words such as savior, salvation, sacrifice, repentance, redemption and righteousness have lost their original rich meanings. How do we reclaim this language from captivity to today’s conventional Christianity? Can we then translate the Christian vision into words that enable us to engage with others who have not grown up with this language? Speaking Christian: A Misunderstood Language is a lecture given by Dr. Borg in 2010 addressing this idea.
Marcus Borg is the author of eighteen books, including Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time, The Heart of Christianity, and his newest New York Times bestseller, Jesus: Uncovering the Life, Teachings and Relevance of a Religious Revolutionary.
Described by The New York Times as “a leading figure in his generation of Jesus scholars,” he has appeared on NBC’s “Today Show” and “Dateline,” PBS’s “Newshour,” ABC’s “Evening News” and “Prime Time” with Peter Jennings, NPR’s “Fresh Air” with Terry Gross, and several National Geographic programs. A Fellow of the Jesus Seminar, he has been national chair of the Historical Jesus Section of the Society of Biblical Literature and co-chair of its International New Testament Program Committee, and is past president of the Anglican Association of Biblical Scholars.
Marcus Borg is Canon Theologian at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland, Oregon. Internationally known in both academic and church circles as a biblical and Jesus scholar, he was Hundere Chair of Religion and Culture in the Philosophy Department at Oregon State University until his retirement in 2007..
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