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Confessions of a Recovering Fundamentalist

By Keith Ward

Confessions of a Recovering Fundamentalist book

Confessions of a Recovering Fundamentalist

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Can theology be expounded almost entirely in jokes? This is an attempt to do so. But it is also a record of how one person recovered from fundamentalism, and found a different, more positive spirituality within Christian faith. It seeks to speak to those who only know an exclusive and dogmatic version of Christianity, and who feel the need for something more universally compassionate and friendly to informed scientific thought. Ward argues that we need to escape from the image of a vindictive, wrathful, judgmental God, who saves just a few people from endless torture for no obvious reason. He proposes instead a view of the universe as evolving towards a goal, guided by a supreme cosmic consciousness, which manifests its nature in this historical process. Jesus is the human image of this consciousness, an image of universal self-giving love and a foreshadowing of the transformation of human lives by their union with the divine. The jokes are there because Christian faith should be really joyful, hopeful, and positive good news for everyone--that there is a spiritual basis and goal of the universe which wills everyone without exception to share in its unlimited wisdom and love.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
138
Release Date:
2019-11-07
Publication Date:
2019-11-07
Publisher:
Cascade Books
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
153269671X
ISBN13:
9781532696718
Weight:
212 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
8 cm
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