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Richard Beck


 Richard Beck

Dr. Richard Beck is Professor of Psychology and Senior Fellow of the Saunders Center for Joy and Human Flourishing at Abilene Christian University. He is the author of nine books, most recently The Book of Love: A Better Way to Read the Bible (Broadleaf Books). Richard also serves as a prison chaplain at the maximum-security French Robertson Unit in Abilene and writes and speaks widely about his experiences with the incarcerated.  


Richard Beck's Substack

EXPERIENCES
    Activity Time Information
    Show Date
    Sat 5 Sep 2026 2:00 PM to 2:50 PM
    Title ShortThe Book of Love
    Venue Slippery Slope
    Experience DescriptionWhat if we learned to read the Bible to heal rather than to hurt, and in doing so became people who heal rather than harm? In this session on his new book, Richard Beck invites us to read the Bible as a book of love. For many, Scripture has been a source of confusion, exclusion, and hurt. Beck offers a different approach, reading it through the lens of love rather than fear. Even for those who already seek to read Scripture this way, Beck suggests there are deeper tensions and harder questions than we often acknowledge. As we reexamine difficult passages, confront biblical violence, and wrestle with questions of suffering and salvation, a new vision comes into view: a God whose love is deeper, wider, and more demanding than we imagined. A love that calls us beyond tribal boundaries and moral superiority, and into lives marked by mercy, justice, and radical inclusion. This session is both an introduction to a new way of reading and an invitation to become a different kind of person. Come discover how Scripture can become good news again.