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Being Christian in the Twenty-First Century / Sam Gould ; forewords by Robert H. King & Rodney Noel Saunders.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Eugene, Oregon : Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2017Description: xviii, 154 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781532619694
  • 1532619693
  • 1498246192
  • 9781498246194
Subject(s): Summary: Being Christian in the Twenty-first Century was written to help struggling and doubting Christians develop an understanding of Christianity that avoids literalism, creeds, and doctrines--all factors which seem to be driving people away from the church. The book is well suited for individual or group study, complete with a study guide and sample lesson plans. It responds to the call for theological reform advocated by many contemporary clergy and religious leaders. Being Christian does not restate orthodox positions or drift into fundamentalism or sentimentalism. Instead it draws from a broad base of historical, theological, archaeological, and sociological scholarship to place Scripture within its original context, yet present it within a perspective suitable for the twenty-first-century mind. Bing Christian is scholarly, yet readable, interesting, and often provocative. One reviewer put it this way, "The book reminds me of a baseball pitcher with a long wind up and a hard fastball getting better in every inning." By building upon progressive thought available today and throughout history, it offers an important resource for Christians and would-be Christiains seeking a more fulfilling and thoughtful faith journey. -- back cover.
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Book: Standard Hewitson Library, Presbyterian Research Centre Main BR121.3 .G68 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 18-694

Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-154).

Being Christian in the Twenty-first Century was written to help struggling and doubting Christians develop an understanding of Christianity that avoids literalism, creeds, and doctrines--all factors which seem to be driving people away from the church. The book is well suited for individual or group study, complete with a study guide and sample lesson plans. It responds to the call for theological reform advocated by many contemporary clergy and religious leaders. Being Christian does not restate orthodox positions or drift into fundamentalism or sentimentalism. Instead it draws from a broad base of historical, theological, archaeological, and sociological scholarship to place Scripture within its original context, yet present it within a perspective suitable for the twenty-first-century mind. Bing Christian is scholarly, yet readable, interesting, and often provocative. One reviewer put it this way, "The book reminds me of a baseball pitcher with a long wind up and a hard fastball getting better in every inning." By building upon progressive thought available today and throughout history, it offers an important resource for Christians and would-be Christiains seeking a more fulfilling and thoughtful faith journey. -- back cover.

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