meluckycharms
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Here is the description of the Cotton Patch Gospel from Amazon.
"The Cotton Patch Gospel, by Koinonia Farm founder Clarence Jordan, recasts the stories of Jesus and the letters of the New Testament into the language and culture of the mid-twentieth-century South. Born out of the civil rights struggle, these now-classic translations of much of the New Testament bring the far-away places of Scripture closer to home: Gainesville, Selma, Birmingham, Atlanta, Washington D.C. As Jordan once wrote, “While there have been many excellent translations of the Scriptures into modern English, they still have left us stranded in some faraway land in the long-distant past. We need to have the good news come to us not only in our own tongue but in our own time. We want to be participants in the faith, not merely *spectators.” More than a translation,*The Cotton Patch Gospel*continues to make clear the startling relevance of Scripture for today. Now for the first time collected in a single, hardcover volume, this edition comes complete with a new Introduction by President Jimmy Carter, a Foreword by Will D. Campbell, and an Afterword by Tony Campolo. Smyth & Helwys Publishing is proud to help reintroduce these seminal works of Clarence Jordan to a new generation of believers.
About the Author
Born in 1912 in Talbotton, Georgia, Clarence Jordan, a New Testament Greek scholar, was the founder of Koinonia Farm, an interracial, Christian farming community near Americus, Georgia. During the civil rights era, Jordan and Koinonia Farm believed that the best way to effect change in society was by living in peaceful community with one another. Through the work of Millard and Linda Fuller, residents of Koinonia Farm, Jordan also influenced the creation of Habitat for Humanity, an organization dedicated to building simple, affordable housing around the world for those in need. In the 1960s, Jordan also turned his attention toward writing the Cotton Patch Gospels, a series of colloquial translations and retellings of much of the New Testament story in modern, relatable terms. More than a decade later, these writings provided the inspiration for the*Cotton Patch Gospel, a musical by Tom Key and Russell Treyz with music and lyrics by Harry Chapin, that is a mainstay in community theatres across the country. Clarence Jordan died suddenly of a heart attack in 1969. But as a neighbor reflected long after Clarence’s death, “He be gone now, but his footprint is still here.” Koinonia Farm lives on. The work of Millard and Linda Fuller lives on. And*Cotton Patch Gospellives on."
