false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170980241m/80207.jpg 80207 2 Christianity will not be a viable belief system for honest people in the contemporary world, writes John Shelby Spong, until it drops a few outmoded ideas--for instance, belief in a supernatural God who reveals Himself from outside creation. <I>A New Christianity for a New World</I> continues the work begun in Spong's bestselling <I>Why Christianity Must Change or Die</I>, in which the former Episcopalian bishop diagnosed Christianity's major problems. Here, he offers a vision of what authentic Christian belief might look like today, stripped of theism and all its corollaries (doctrines such as the Trinity, the Incarnation, and Atonement). Christians may come to believe that "God is beyond Jesus, but Jesus participated in the Being of God and Jesus is my way into God." Readers inspired by Dietrich Bonhoeffer's tantalizing writings on "religionless Christianity" in <I>Letters and Papers from Prison</I> and by John A.T. Robinson's <I>Honest to God</I> will find much challenge and comfort in Spong's <I>New Christianity</I>, his most mature and most radical book. <I>--Michael Joseph Gross</I> 77449 2001 A New Christianity for a New World: Why Traditional Faith is Dying & How a New Faith is Being Born total:80|5:22|4:31|3:18|2:3|1:6| 80 300 134 12 5 0 false false Sat Jun 20 17:50:23 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 17:56:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jan 30 14:57:38 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 15:04:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri May 11 19:36:43 -0700 2007 Fri May 11 19:43:58 -0700 2007 Why Christianity Must Change or Die. Perhaps it's because I read it with my husband, who was more critical of the way Spong built his arguments. Perhaps it was also because I was often frustrated that I wanted more detail. Sp...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 10:23:41 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 10:25:52 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Tue Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jan 21 01:53:14 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 01:55:44 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Nov 17 13:54:11 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 17 13:55:49 -0800 2008
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Dec 2006 review - four stars
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