Perhaps we need to say that every aspect of medieval Christianity needs to be abandoned. A thesis, in this reformation scenario, would be short, succinct and to the point. I have decided on twelve theses, which cover everything from God to Christ to prayer to life after death. In my weekly column, over a period of about two years, I engaged my audience with the possibility of just such a debate, a reformation. I was encouraged. Finally, I decided that the time had come to put all those theses together in a primer—this book—and to invite a vigorous debate. Hence the title of this book,
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