Bringing God Up to Date: and why Christians need to catch up

Bringing God Up to Date: and why Christians need to catch up
John Hunt
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Paperback
h216 x 140mm - 392pg
26 Nov 2021 UK
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9781789047035
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Religion is an essential part of our humanity. We all follow some form of religion, in the original meaning of the word. But organized religion establishes definitions, boundaries and hierarchies which the founders would be amazed by. This is perhaps more true of Christianity than most other religions, due to the short life of Jesus, his sudden death, the lack of any contemporary records. His teaching about the kingdom of God is great; it could see us through our time on earth. But his followers watered it down and soon lost it altogether. It became a kingdom in heaven for the few, rather than one here and now for everyone. The Church, or Churches, that resulted became increasingly irrelevant, even a hindrance, to seeing it realized. Many will always find security and truth in the traditions that developed, and good for them. But for those who can' t, for those who have given up on religion or never thought it worth considering, the original teachings are worth another look. If we could recover them and live by them, we could change ourselves and the world for the better. We could bring God up to date.
. . . challenges and epiphanies on every page. --Nimble Spirit . . . exhilarating. --Interreligious Insight . . . thought provoking in almost every sentence, difficult to put down. --Faith and Freedom A breath-taking project. --Sea of Faith Network A highly readable book, profound and wide ranging. --The Unitarian Answers all the questions you ever wanted to ask about God and some you never even thought of. --Richard Holloway I would like to see it made compulsory reading for every budding theologian. --The Presbyterian John Hunt is to liberal theology what Richard Dawkins is to evolutionary biology. --Christian Marketplace The best modern religious book I have read. A masterwork. --Robert Van de Weyer
John Hunt has spent his life in publishing. Semi-retired, he now works as a reader and advisor in his eponymous company, in between writing, sailing and bee-keeping. He lives in Hampshire, in the south of England.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781789047035
Published: 26 Nov 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: John Hunt Publishing
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
Format: Paperback
Height: 216mm
Width: 140mm
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 666g
Pages: 392

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