ISBN:
9780061755521
,
0061755524
Language:
English
Pages:
245 S.
,
24 cm
Edition:
1st ed
DDC:
270.8/3
Keywords:
Christianity 21st century
;
Christianity 20th century
;
Christianity Forecasting
;
Holy Spirit
;
Christentum
;
Glaube
;
Spiritualität
;
Zukunft
Abstract:
Presents an interpretation of why Christian beliefs and dogma are giving way to new grassroots movements rooted in social justice and spiritual experience
Description / Table of Contents:
An age of the spirit : the sacred in the secular?Einstein's snuffed out candles : awe, wonder, and faith -- Ships already launched : the voyage from mystery to faith -- The road runner and the Gospel of Thomas : what happens when it wasn't really that way? -- The people of The Way : the devolution from faith to belief -- "The bishop is your high priest and mighty king" : the rise of the clerical caste -- Constantine's last supper : the invention of heresy -- No lunch with the prefect : how to fix the papacy -- Living in haunted houses : beyond the interfaith dialogue -- Get them into the lifeboat : the pathos of fundamentalism -- Meet Rockie, Maggie, and Barry : which Bible do the Bible believers believe? -- Sant'Egidio and St. Praxedis : where the past meets the future -- Blood on the altar of divine providence : liberation theology and the rebirth of faith -- The last vomit of Satan and the persistent list makers : Pentecostals and the age of the spirit -- The future of faith.
Description / Table of Contents:
An age of the spirit : the sacred in the secular? -- Einstein's snuffed out candles : awe, wonder, and faith -- Ships already launched : the voyage from mystery to faith -- The road runner and the Gospel of Thomas : what happens when it wasn't really that way? -- The people of The Way : the devolution from faith to belief -- "The bishop is your high priest and mighty king" : the rise of the clerical caste -- Constantine's last supper : the invention of heresy -- No lunch with the prefect : how to fix the papacy -- Living in haunted houses : beyond the interfaith dialogue -- Get them into the lifeboat : the pathos of fundamentalism -- Meet Rockie, Maggie, and Barry : which Bible do the Bible believers believe? -- Sant'Egidio and St. Praxedis : where the past meets the future -- Blood on the altar of divine providence : liberation theology and the rebirth of faith -- The last vomit of Satan and the persistent list makers : Pentecostals and the age of the spirit -- The future of faith.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references ( p. [227]-234) and index
