Ched Myers
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Ched Myers | |
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Born | 20th century |
Occupation | Theologian |
Years active | Since mid-20th century |
Spouse | Elaine Enns |
Website | chedmyers.org |
Ched Myers is an American
Career
Since the late 1970s, Myers has been involved in numerous issues including movement work for
In 1988, Myers published Binding the Strong Man – A Political Reading of Mark's Story of Jesus, which was influential in the
He works alongside his wife, Elaine Enns, as part of Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries, where the emphasis is on education for restorative justice, biblical literacy, ecological discipleship and radical economic sharing.
Selected works
Single-author books
2008/1988 Binding the Strong Man: A Political Reading of Mark’s Story of Jesus. Maryknoll: Orbis Books. 20th anniversary edition with new front matter. 1989 Catholic Press Association Book Award in scripture. Translated into Portuguese as O Evangelho de Sao Marcos, Grande Comentario Biblico series, São Paulo:Edicoes Paulinas, 1992.
2001 “…and distributed it to whoever had need.” The Biblical Vision of Sabbath Economics. Tell the Word, Washington, DC: Church of the Savior.
1996 Proclamation 6, Year B, Pentecost 1. Minneapolis: Augsburg/Fortress.
1994 Who Will Roll Away the Stone? Queries for First World Christians. Maryknoll: Orbis Books.
Co-authored books
2012 Our God Is Undocumented: Biblical Faith and Immigrant Justice. With Matthew Colwell. Maryknoll: Orbis Books.
2011 Liberating Biblical Study: Scholarship, Art and Action in Honor of the Center and Library for the Bible and Social Justice. With Laurel Dykstra. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books.
2009 Ambassadors of Reconciliation, Vol. I: New Testament Reflections on Restorative Justice and Peacemaking. With Elaine Enns. Maryknoll: Orbis Books.
Ambassadors of Reconciliation, Vol. II: Diverse Christian Practices of Restorative Justice and Peacemaking. With Elaine Enns. Maryknoll: Orbis Books.
1996 “Say to This Mountain”: Mark’s Story of Discipleship. With Stuart Taylor, Cindy Moe-Lobeda, Joseph Nangle, OFM and Marie Dennis. Maryknoll: Orbis Books.
1991 The American Journey, 1492-1992: A Call to Conversion. With Stuart Taylor, Cindy Moe-Lobeda, and Marie Dennis. Erie, PA: Pax Christi Press.
1990 Resisting the Serpent: Palau’s Struggle for Self-Determination. With Robert Aldridge. Baltimore: Fortkamp Press.
See also
- List of theologians
- Lists of American writers
External links
- chedmyers.org, his official website
- bcm-net.org, official website of Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries