John Shelby Spong
History & Biography
“A great narrative! This book gives the reader a rare insight into one of the great figures of contemporary Christianity as well as an awareness of the events that moved his life. Crossan has helped a generation of Christians to separate the essence of their faith from the traditional trappings.”
Arts & Literature
“Al Staggs writes his poetry with the passion of a prophet. Like Amos of old, he recognizes that divine worship is nothing but human justice being offered to God and that human justice is nothing but divine worship being acted out. His words call religious spokesperson and political leaders who lace their rhetoric with religious phrases alike to acknowledge both their idolatry and their hypocrisy. Read him and weep for what your country has become and for what Christianity is no more.”
Bad Girls and Boys Go to Hell (or not)
“Only those who have been members of, and thus violated by, fundamentalist evangelicalism can name the pain, expose the guilt, and lay bare the reality that Gloria Neufeld Redekop expresses in this book. To read it is to experience both exhilarating freedom and a new understanding of Christianity.”
History & Biography
“James White combines his keen intellect with his deeply personal ministry. The result is a volume that is both a delight to read and a source of genuine enlightenment.”
“In From Rapture to Revelation, Michelle Lyerly traces the rise of America's new passion for fundamentalism, notes its alienating power and offers a pathway toward reconciliation in the future. She speaks with the authenticity of one who has walked the path she is describing, from the religious wounds of her evangelical upbringing to her vision of an ecumenical future.”
Arts & Literature
“David Keighley probes beneath the surface of our faith and provides us with a basis for believing in our troubled world. So long as we have people like David, Christianity will live and renew itself.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“Roger Ray is one of the most perceptive, insightful, and courageous parish pastors I have ever known. In this series of essays he brings together his spiritual resources with his penetrating social consciousness to illumine the issues of our day. The result is a book that is provocative, powerful, and moving.”
Progressive Faith and Practice
“Roger Ray wants to build a Christianity based neither on the magic and superstition of our ancient world nor on the creeds and liturgies that reflect an intellectual framework that no longer exists. This book is both his manifesto as to why that is urgent and a blueprint to guide its creation.”
Philosophy
“Separating God from the sterile options between theism and atheism and seeing God as a verb to be lived, not a noun to be believed, are the themes of this book. Religion as Art Form is both groundbreaking and riveting.”
Struggling for the Soul of Our Country
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“Browning's book constitutes a profound and prophetic wake-up call to our nation. He urges the citizens of America toward a level of social consciousness and interdependence that flies in the face of our current focus on individualism. Is his analysis accurate? One can only answer that question with integrity once the book has been read.”
Arts & Literature
“In this book the poet in David Herrstrom makes contact with the poet who wrote the Gospel of John. The result is a stunning, transformative journey into the depths of the Fourth Gospel.”
The Mystery of Suffering and the Meaning of God
Theology
“In this book Anson Laytner explores the experiences of life through the lens of his understanding of God. It is a passionate and deep journey to the edges of an ever changing but always sustaining faith. Lives will be touched by this book, but minds will also be opened. That is quite an accomplishment!”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Greg Jenks takes his readers on a new journey through the Holy Scriptures, reclaiming them with keen scholarship for our post-religious world. After reading the work of this emerging progressive religious thinker, the Bible will shine with a new luster.”
The Storyteller and the Garden of Eden
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Through the lens of a very perceptive reading of the ancient story of the Garden of Eden, Ellen Robbins probes the meaning of human consciousness. This book will inform, excite, and deepen our quest to become fully human.”
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