Joyful Noise: The New Testament Revisited

Publisher Marketing: In this landmark collection of original essays, twenty-one prominent writers approach the New Testament with a fresh eye toward its meaning for them - and for us - today. Coming to the New Testament from a variety of backgrounds, the writers in this collection have all found, as adults, a need to reapproach spirituality in novel ways. Seeking to reconcile their experiences growing up in the baby boom and Generation X years with their political beliefs and the fractious ethics of the late twentieth century, the contributors have gone back to the source text of Christianity, the New Testament. From a variety of unexpected leaping-off points, the essays in Joyful Noise bring us interpretations of "the greatest story ever told" that are eye-opening, personal, and powerful. Publisher Marketing: In this landmark collection of original essays, twenty-one prominent writers approach the New Testament with a fresh eye toward its meaning for them - and for us - today. Coming to the New Testament from a variety of backgrounds, the writers in this collection have all found, as adults, a need to reapproach spirituality in novel ways. Seeking to reconcile their experiences growing up in the baby boom and Generation X years with their political beliefs and the fractious ethics of the late twentieth century, the contributors have gone back to the source text of Christianity, the New Testament. From a variety of unexpected leaping-off points, the essays in Joyful Noise bring us interpretations of the greatest story ever told that are eye-opening, personal, and powerful. Review Citations: Booklist 10/15/1997 pg. 365 (EAN 9780316579285, Hardcover) Library Journal 10/01/1997 pg. 88 (EAN 9780316579285, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 09/01/1997 pg. 1365 (EAN 9780316579285, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Moody, Rick William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) was born in Rutherford, New Jersey. He received his M. D. from the University of Pennsylvania, where he met and befriended Ezra Pound and H. D. (Hilda Doolittle). At the same time as maintaining a popular medical practice, he became a prolific poet, novelist, essayist, and playwright. Experimenting with new techniques of meter and lineation, Williams sought to invent an entirely fresh-and singularly American-poetics, whose subject matter was centered on the everyday circumstances of life and the lives of common people. He was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame in 2009. Contributor Bio:  Steinke, Darcey Darcey Steinke is the author of the memoir Easter Everywhere (a New York Times notable book) and the novels Milk, Jesus Saves, Suicide Blonde, and Up Through the Water (also a New York Times notable book). Her books have been translated into ten languages, and her nonfiction has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, the Boston Review, Vogue, Spin, The Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, and the Guardian. She lives in New York City.