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Zusatztext "McLaren clearly has been asking important questions about Christian witness for decades.... A New Kind of Christianity continues McLaren's project of assessing and reassessing our assumptions concerning the foundations of modern Christian practice by asking ten important questions about the pillars of the Christian faith." Informationen zum Autor Brian D. McLaren, hailed as one of America's 25 most influential evangelicals by Time magazine, is a speaker, social justice activist, pastor, and the author of A New Kind of Christianity , A Generous Orthodoxy , A New Kind of Christian , and The Secret Message of Jesus . McLaren has appeared on Nightline and Larry King Live , and his work has been covered in The Washington Post , the New York Times , Christianity Today , and many other publications. McLaren and his wife, Grace, live in Florida and have four adult children. Klappentext We are in the midst of a paradigm shift in the church. Not since the Reformation five centuries ago have so many Christians come together to ask whether the church is in sync with their deepest beliefs and commitments. These believers range from evangelicals to mainline Protestants to Catholics, and the person who best represents them is author and pastor Brian McLaren.In this much anticipated book, McLaren examines ten questions facing today's church--questions about how to articulate the faith itself, the nature of its authority, who God is, whether we have to understand Jesus through only an ancient Greco-Roman lens, what exactly the good news is that the gospel proclaims, how we understand the church and all its varieties, why we are so preoccupied with sex, how we should think of the future and people from other faiths, and the most intimidating question of all: what do we do next? Here you will find a provocative and enticing introduction to the Christian faith of tomorrow. Zusammenfassung We are in the midst of a paradigm shift in the church. Not since the Reformation five centuries ago have so many Christians come together to ask whether the church is in sync with their deepest beliefs and commitments. These believers range from evangelicals to mainline Protestants to Catholics! and the person who best represents them is author and pastor Brian McLaren. In this much anticipated book! McLaren examines ten questions facing today's church—questions about how to articulate the faith itself! the nature of its authority! who God is! whether we have to understand Jesus through only an ancient Greco-Roman lens! what exactly the good news is that the gospel proclaims! how we understand the church and all its varieties! why we are so preoccupied with sex! how we should think of the future and people from other faiths! and the most intimidating question of all: what do we do next? Here you will find a provocative and enticing introduction to the Christian faith of tomorrow. ...
