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    <body><![CDATA[This book is a welcome invitation for modern evangelical and fundamentalist Christians to positively re-think what it means to be a Christian in our time. Trust God and drop your guard when you read it. It won't make a 'liberal' out of you. The more liberal side of Christianity comes in for some goo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70191180">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book functions as a Socratic dialogue regarding how our faith could look in a postmodern context. The book tackled a lot of questions that I found most Christians I know would not want to tackle, which is why I respect it. The topics conversed over a lot of Christian subjects that I have been w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51512534">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fantastic perspective of Christianity from one of the foremost leaders of Post-Modern Christianity.  Several of McLaren's conclusions are revolutionary and will appear, to many, heretical.  Nevertheless, in an age of condemnation and the depreciation of brotherly love among Christians as a whole, I ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13739344">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Prior to reading this book, I knew very little about the &quot;Postmodern Era&quot; and the &quot;Emergent Church,&quot; so I appreciated the opportunity to find out more about both. I agree with a lot of what McLaren says and I particularly liked his statement, &quot;In my thinking, church doesn't ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71232738">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I heard this guy (Brian McLaren) speak at my work last year. <br/><br/>McLaren's 'New kind of Christian' does not believe in the atoning work of Jesus but a more friendly, soft, mushy, less judgmental and less defined deity.  Kind of a bologna god.  <br/><br/>DA Carson in his book 'Becoming Conv...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58973806">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm in the minority with my thoughts on this book as related to those people I read the book with and participated in many discussions with. But, that's part of what I think this book intends: discussion with no commitment to resolution for fear of offending or excluding those who don't share our ex...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31693462">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought this was a helpful book.  I think it would've been more helpful to read 5 years ago or so, closer to the time it was written, but still it helped to galvanize some thoughts I've had and reinforce some convictions about the trajectory of the church.<br/><br/>It also addressed me in a more...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23270156">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[McLaren is at the forefront of the postmodern, emerging church community that is increasing in popularity. This book is basically an outline of what he believes, and of the direction he believes the church need to be moving in, written as a piece of fiction. One long drawn out 'conversation' between...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14900324">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very easy to read, and really opened my perspective on Christianity and the balance between traditional outward Christian expressions vs. heart attitude and day-to-day faith.  &quot;...where faith is more about a way of life than a system of belief...&quot; This book is more to the left of where I f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70806119">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good book, sometimes quite challenging to read (not the writing but the ideas).  Another opportunity to refine our faith, get ourselves in check, and reaffirm why we believe what we do, or why we need to change some of what we believe.  Great first look at postmodern Christianity for those who can h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44118593">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love this book. I totally related to the characters' frustration with the evangelical/fundamental church today.  I know I have felt out of place for a long time and this book describes why someone like me feels that way.  I am more postmodern in my thinking than I realized. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I highly recommend this book and the 2 that follow for those who have been raised in the Christian Church...  it has some important things to ponder.  Beware, the Fundamental type churches freak about this guy... but its not a sin to think critically.  Have at it.]]></body>
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