The future of faith

Presents an interpretation of why Christian beliefs and dogma are giving way to new grassroots movements rooted in social justice and spiritual experience.

Main Author: Cox, Harvey Gallagher.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, NY : HarperOne, c2009.
Edition: 1st ed.
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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.