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  • How the Death Penalty Killed Jesus and Why It's Killing Us
  • Written by: Shane Claiborne
  • Narrated by: Dan John Miller
  • Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
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Executing Grace

Written by: Shane Claiborne
Narrated by: Dan John Miller
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In this reasoned exploration of justice, retribution, and redemption, the champion of the new monastic movement, popular speaker, and author of the best-selling The Irresistible Revolution offers a powerful and persuasive appeal for the abolition of the death penalty.

The Bible says an eye for an eye. But is the state's taking of lives true - or even practical - punishment for convicted prisoners? In this thought-provoking work, Shane Claiborne explores the issue of the death penalty and the contrast between punitive justice and restorative justice, questioning our notions of fairness, revenge, and absolution.

Using a historical lens to frame his argument, Claiborne draws on testimonials and examples from Scripture to show how the death penalty is not the ideal of justice that many believe. Not only is a life lost; so, too, is the possibility of mercy and grace. In Executing Grace, he reminds us of the divine power of forgiveness and evokes the fundamental truth of the Gospel - that no one, even a criminal, is beyond redemption.

©2016 Shane Claiborne (P)2016 HarperCollins Publishers

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Every Christian needs to read this book

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It probably is the best representation of the Gospel I have ever read. Although I live in a country where the death penalty is not used. I would now consider myself abolitionist. I hope to meet the author and shake his hand for a job well done.

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