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In Beyond Belief, renowned religion scholar Elaine Pagels continues her groundbreaking examination of the earliest Christian texts, arguing for an ongoing assessment of faith and a questioning of religious orthodoxy.
Spurred on by personal tragedy and new scholarship from an international group of researchers, Pagels returns to her investigation of the “secret” Gospel of Thomas, and breathes new life into writings once thought...
Spurred on by personal tragedy and new scholarship from an international group of researchers, Pagels returns to her investigation of the “secret” Gospel of Thomas, and breathes new life into writings once thought...
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SPCK, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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Conversations matter. Yet recently, good conversations about faith have been increasingly squeezed out of the public sphere. Seeking to reopen the debate, Justin Brierley began to invite athiests and sceptics on to Premier Christian Radio to air arguments for and against the Christian faith. But how has ten years of discussion with athiests affected the presenters faith? Reflecting on conversations with Richard Dawkins, Derren Brown and many more,...
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Viking
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[2016]
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English
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"Even people who are not practicing Christians think they are familiar with the story of the nativity. Every Christmas displays of Baby Jesus resting in a manger decorate lawns and churchyards, and songs about shepherds and angels fill the air. Yet despite the abundance of these Christian references in popular culture, how many of us have examined the hard edges of this biblical story? In his new book Timothy Keller takes readers on an illuminating...
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Tyndale Elevate
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Could we be witnessing a return of belief in our generation? Justin Brierley is convinced that in our time we are witnessing a growing wave of faith. Famously described as the "long, withdrawing roar" of the "Sea of Faith," the Christian narrative that shaped the West has been replaced by sweeping secularism. But is that the end of the story? It was a conversation with agnostic journalist Douglas Murray that led Brierley to investigate whether a...
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William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"A book for those who have experienced the spiritual trauma of fundamentalist Christianity, in which the author shows how a more authentic faith can be raised from the ashes of disillusionment"--
""We have a right to encounter God where we are. We have a sacred responsibility to experience God authentically." What happens when the God we've been taught to believe in seems powerless to help us in the struggles of life? What do we do when the God we...
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St. Martin's Essentials
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Dubbed "a heroic gate-crasher" by New York Times bestselling author Glennon Doyle, Brian McLaren explores reasons to leave or stay within the church and if so how... "Any thoughtful Christian has been asking the questions McLaren tackles here, but many of us are afraid to voice them aloud. In Do I Stay Christian? we're gifted a gentle guide who opens ideas and voices the questions we cannot, naming our frustration, fear, and hesitant hope." -Rev....
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Regnery Publishing, a Salem Communications company
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[2014?]
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English
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In Jesus on Trial, New York Times bestselling author David Limbaugh applies his lifetime of legal experience to a unique new undertaking: making a case for the gospels as hard evidence of the life and work of Jesus Christ. Limbaugh, a practicing attorney and former professor of law, approaches the canonical gospels with the same level of scrutiny he would apply to any legal document and asks all the necessary questions about the story of Jesus told...
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HarperOne
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[2009]
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English
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Countless thoughtful people are now so disgusted with the marriage of bad theology and hypocritical behavior by the church that a new Reformation is required in which the purpose of religion itself is reimagined. Meyers takes the best of biblical scholarship and recasts these core Christian concepts to exhort the church to pursue an alternative vision of the Christian life: Jesus as teacher, not savior; Christianity as compassion, not condemnation;...
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