A new kind of Christian (by Brian McLaren)

(Amazon UK link) It’s about twelve years since I first read Brian McLaren’s semi-fictional book ‘A new kind of Christian’. I recalled liking it very much at the time, finding a lot that was inspiring and thought-provoking. It seemed like a good idea to re-read, so I’ve been reading around a chapter at a time over the past couple of weeks. 
I was interested to note that this was published in 1999, so it’s now twenty-five years old. Not that it seems dated, particularly, but I found myself wondering...