The God We Never Knew : Beyond Dogmatic Religion to a More Authentic Contemporary Faith Paperback - 2015
by Borg, Marcus J
- Used
Borg challenges readers to reclaim a stronger sense of God's presence by embracing an authentic, contemporary faith that reconciles God with science, critical thinking, and religious pluralism.
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Details
- Title The God We Never Knew : Beyond Dogmatic Religion to a More Authentic Contemporary Faith
- Author Borg, Marcus J
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Later Printing
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 192
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 2015-05-19
- Features Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # GRP76545301
- ISBN 9780060610357 / 0060610352
- Weight 0.33 lbs (0.15 kg)
- Dimensions 8.39 x 5.13 x 0.48 in (21.31 x 13.03 x 1.22 cm)
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Themes
- Religious Orientation: Christian
- Theometrics: Mainline
- Library of Congress subjects Jesus Christ - Miscellanea, Christianity - Miscellanea
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96052871
- Dewey Decimal Code 231
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From the rear cover
How to have faith-- how to even think about God-- without having to stifle modern rationality is one of the most vital challenges facing contemporary religion. In providing a much-needed solution to the problem of how to have a fully authentic yet fully contemporary understanding of God, Borg-- author of the bestselling "Meeting Jesus Again for the first Time" --traces his personal journey. He leads readers from the all-powerful and authoritarian God of his (and their) childhood and traditional faith to an equally powerful but dynamic image of God that is relevant to contemporary seekers and more biblical and spiritually authentic. Borg shows how the modern crisis of faith is itself rooted in delusion-- misinterpretation of biblical texts and of God's true nature-- and challenges readers to a new way of thinking about God. He opens a practical discussion about how to base a relationship with the divine both immanent and transcendant, here and now, always and everywhere.
Arguing that the authentic Judeo-Christian tradition is that God's being includes the whole world, Borg persuasively shows how this understanding accounts for the whole variety of human religious experience. Ultimately, he introduces readers to a way of thinking about God who is "right here" all around them, rather than distant and remote. This understanding is more intellectually and spiritually satisfying andallows readers to reclaim a stronger sense of God's presence.
