LibGuides: Upton Bell Collection at UMass Lowell Libraries: Gomes

Author - Gomes

Peter J. Gomes was a preacher, theologian, professor, and author. His books, The Good Book: Reading the Bible with Mind and Heart, and The Good Life: Truths that Last in Times of Need are part of the Upton Bell Collection at UMass Lowell Libraries in O'Leary Library, 2nd Floor Special Collections and includes a personal inscription in The Good Life.

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Peter J. Gomes' Bio
Publisher's Weekly Review of The Good Book
Publisher's Weekly Review of The Good Life
The Good Book on Goodreads
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Video: The Good Book, Peter J Gomes on C-SPAN
Peter Gomes discusses his book on an episode of Booknotes.
Original air date: August 6, 1997

Awards won by Peter J. Gomes

Harvard University W.E.B Du Bois Medal, 2000

The Good Book by Peter J. Gomes
Call Number: BS 511.2 .G66 1996
ISBN: 9780060088309
Publication Date: 2002-04-30
"The Bible and the social and moral consequences that derive from its interpretation are all too important to be left in the hands of the pious or the experts, and too significant to be ignored and trivialized by the uninformed and indifferent.
The Good Life by Peter J. Gomes
Call Number: BJ 1581.2 .G575 2002
ISBN: 9780060000769
Publication Date: 2003-04-29
The author of the New York Times bestseller The Good Book champions the recovery of the Western moral tradition.