Raymond L. Whitehead

Understanding the Sacred

Theology

“This book will be especially helpful to those who have cherished the mutual love and support of a worshipping community but who find the language of worship a turnoff. Instead of the old joke that ‘faith’ means ‘believing things you know aren’t true,’ Milner offers an alternative to dead-end literalism. He brings out the symbolic sense of religious ideas such as sin, salvation, atonement, and prayer, allowing us to use them without mental reservations or crossing our fingers.”