Christianity Without Dogma

Author : Jack Bergstrand
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1684891116

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Christianity Without Dogma by Jack Bergstrand Pdf

How do you shed the toxic parts of Christian religion without losing your faith? Christianity without Dogma is an easy-to-read book for people who want to deconstruct their faith to be more about Jesus and his priorities.Step-by-step you'll be guided to identify key components to rethink in the Christian system, understand where Christianity has been hijacked by dogmatic business models, learn how to explain your spiritual journey to friends and family, and be encouraged to think for yourself-this book doesn't try to tell you what you should or should not believe.You don't have to stay trapped in an unhealthy, toxic religion. You can experience greater personal freedom and spiritual growth. Deconstruction does not need to be the end of your Christian faith. You can create a new beginning, with greater love, service, and connection.

Author : Hugo Fruehauf
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2004-06-30
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781413446333

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God Without Dogma by Hugo Fruehauf Pdf

This book is in the personal growth and spiritual self-help category. It is all about the ills of religious dogma and how a believer in God can be freed from it. More often than not, when fervent believers become disenchanted with their religious group, chucking it all is the response. These disillusions usually have very justifiable reasons, but because of the believer's lack of knowledge, feelings of guilt, and the pressure from faithful peers, the separation is traumatic. However, this life-changing period can be turned into a rewarding spiritual experience and this is where this book comes in. It analyzes religious dogma, how it begins, what perpetuates it, and demonstrates how dogma is the result of man-made religious procedures that in time become God. The outcome of all the analysis is a path for the troubled believer to embrace a new and spiritual walk with God, one not imposed by others.

Author : Margaret Isherwood
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781135979003

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Faith Without Dogma by Margaret Isherwood Pdf

Life is a constant search for meaning, and reflective minds need to find deeper and more comprehensive meaning than that normally proffered by the orthodox teaching of any creedal religion. When this book was initially published in 1964, religion had begun to recognize the importance of psychology and psychology had considered a spiritual principle in man. Miss Isherwood’s purpose in writing this book is to relate science and religion more closely. Her theme is that the evolution of consciousness from protozoa provides a link which not only gives grounds for faith in life and an inspiration for carrying development forward, but which reveals that, as we continuously work at deepening our insight into the realms of spirit, the life process appears to us as steadily more meaningful. Her engaging writing style makes this a fascinating glimpse at a philosophy of religion starting to engage with science.

Author : V. S. Soloviev
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0791475360

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Freedom, Faith, and Dogma by V. S. Soloviev Pdf

A collection of works by nineteenth-century Russian religious philosopher V. S. Soloviev, critic of secularization, anti-Semitism, and the religious life of his time.

Author : Christopher Hitchens
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2008-11-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781551991764

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God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens Pdf

Christopher Hitchens, described in the London Observer as “one of the most prolific, as well as brilliant, journalists of our time” takes on his biggest subject yet–the increasingly dangerous role of religion in the world. In the tradition of Bertrand Russell’s Why I Am Not a Christian and Sam Harris’s recent bestseller, The End Of Faith, Christopher Hitchens makes the ultimate case against religion. With a close and erudite reading of the major religious texts, he documents the ways in which religion is a man-made wish, a cause of dangerous sexual repression, and a distortion of our origins in the cosmos. With eloquent clarity, Hitchens frames the argument for a more secular life based on science and reason, in which hell is replaced by the Hubble Telescope’s awesome view of the universe, and Moses and the burning bush give way to the beauty and symmetry of the double helix.

Author : Rick James
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830875870

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Jesus Without Religion by Rick James Pdf

Great. Another book about Jesus. Whose agenda will the author be lugging along this time? Author Rick James begins by clearing his throat. Free of creeds, quarrels and specialized theologies, he speaks of Jesus. No dogma, no politics, no moral at the end. Jesus. What he said. What he did. And what, exactly, was the point. The answers about Jesus, according to Rick James, are in the context. In his own unconventional way, James recalls the specific contexts that color Jesus' story, bringing forward this man you've heard so much—and so little—about.

Author : John McQuiston II
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780819227409

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Christianity Without Superstition by John McQuiston II Pdf

Is belief in the Nicene and Apostles Creeds required to be a Christian? Does science support or diminish belief in the divine? How does one live Jesus' way in the world? A careful study of Jesus shows that his intended legacy for us was not a set of propositional beliefs, but a way for being in the world, a way that opens us to the extraordinary opportunity of the present, a way that can convert our hurried, anxious lives into something luminous. Our obsession with "what to believe" misses the primary message of the Bible, says McQuiston, who illustrates that the paramount message of Jesus, and even the Hebrew Scriptures, is not about what stories to believe, but how to live.

Author : Fr Dwight Longenecker
Publisher : Sophia
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 164413490X

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Beheading Hydra by Fr Dwight Longenecker Pdf

Never before has humanity existed in a culture that rejects belief in a transcendent power. Previous cultures -- even when rent by bitter disagreements -- shared a common belief that a greater force stood above the material realm. But when one side acknowledges an ultimate source of truth while the other side denies it, debate is dead, and mutual understanding is impossible. So claims Fr. Dwight Longenecker in his most captivating book yet, Beheading Hydra. Longenecker shows how, like the mythical serpentine beast with myriad writhing and venomous heads, atheism manifests itself today through sixteen "isms" that cloak the actions of the antichrist, who seethes with pure hatred of God and His truth. Because any good battle plan calls for a thorough knowledge of the enemy, Fr. Longenecker boldly exposes the philosophies behind scientism, materialism, utilitarianism, sentimental humanitarianism, and more, explaining how they became the core assumptions of our culture and how they are, in turn, corrupting the politics and power structures of the world. Beheading Hydra brilliantly catalogs the alluring and seductive deceptions of each ism to help you see how they are corroding the very foundations of Western civilization and entrapping countless faithful Christians. Best of all, the book lays out a plan of action to behead the Hydra that calls for neither direct conflict nor even dialogue, but creative subversion. You'll discover what this means along with the powerful and practical actions you and your friends can take now. You'll also learn how to acquire the grace needed to see clearly the problem -- and the solutions. It is ordinary men and women who become extraordinary heroes in this battle against Satan, explains Fr. Longenecker. Only by the light of our lives will we defeat this darkness. Debate and dialogue are now pointless. Our lives are our only remaining argument.

Author : Lloyd Geering
Publisher : Bridget Williams Books
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781877242564

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Christianity Without God by Lloyd Geering Pdf

Does the failure of the conventional idea of God spell the end of the Christian tradition? Or does it simply mean the end of conventional Christian doctrine? Christianity without God affirms the latter, treating Christian culture as a living and evolving stream. In this cogently argued book, Lloyd Geering brings the resources of his deep scholarship to look at what the world really needs from contemporary religion. His inspiration is the cultivation of the wisdom of Christianity, not a dependence on beliefs about a supernatural saviour.

Author : Daniel C. Maguire
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781438454047

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Christianity without God by Daniel C. Maguire Pdf

Argues that Christianity does not require its supernatural aspects. Christianity without an omnipotent god, without a divine savior, without an afterlife? In this bold and hopeful book, theologian Daniel C. Maguire writes that traditional, supernatural aspects of Christianity can be comforting, but are increasingly questionable. A century of scholarly research has not been supportive of the dogmatic triad of personal god, incarnate savior, and life after death. Demonstrating that these beliefs have questionable roots in historical traditions, Maguire argues for a return to that brilliant and revolutionary moral epic of the Hebrew and Christian Bible. Rescued from god, Christianity can offer a realistic global ethic to heal a planet sinking under the effects of our ungrateful mismanagement. “Once again Dan Maguire’s new book is at the cutting edge. Passionate, yet crystal clear, Christianity without God distills the essential Christian message from the mythological and theological accretions that have distorted it. It’s a message we need today, more than ever.” — David R. Loy, author of Awareness Bound and Unbound: Buddhist Essays “For many of us, Maguire’s book will be a kind of homecoming. Someone, at last, has had the courage to write what so many of us have been thinking.” — John C. Raines, author of The Justice Men Owe Women: Positive Resources from World Religions “With immense learning and considerable charm, Daniel Maguire evokes a Christianity freed from dogma, literalism, self-righteousness, and terror. Believers and skeptics alike can delight in what’s left: poetry, morality, a sense of awe and wonder. In a word, humanity.” — Katha Pollitt, author of The Mind-Body Problem: Poems

Author : Brian Mountford
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781846949296

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Christian Atheist by Brian Mountford Pdf

Christian Atheist examines the growing religious phenomenon of those who are drawn to Christianity without accepting its metaphysical claims or dogma. Throughout the history of the Church there have been many people like this who have sat differently to the central creedal claims, but in the contemporary 'god delusion' culture, more are coming out to claim acceptance for their views. The key to the book is a set of interviews with people who fall broadly into the 'Christian Atheist' category; some are more agnostic and less sceptical than others, but what they have in common is the rejection of traditional belief in God, counterbalanced by an admiration for the aesthetic genius of Christianity (leading to a sense of deeper value), the Christian moral compass, and in some cases the community aspect of Christian life.

Author : Franco Ferrarotti
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000159806

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Faith without Dogma by Franco Ferrarotti Pdf

We live in a time of high Church membership, but low Church attendance. Franco Ferrarotti, arguably the most important sociologist of religion alive, captures the source of this paradox In the title of his new book, Faith without Dogma. For it is belief that propels membership, while the absence of dogma results in a reticence to accept hierarchical direction from above or beyond. Basing much of his analysis on the postwar struggles within Roman Catholicism, Ferrarotti views the demand for religious renewal and revival as part and parcel of the emergence of broad social agendas—agendas to which not even the Roman curia could remain impervious. The former easy relationships between Church and State, especially authoritarian states in Europe and Latin America, gave way to a critical defense of individual rights within a context of a broadened vision of Christian doctrine. In addition to issues Involved in internal affairs of religion, Ferrarotti explores a series of developments that have changed for all time the nature of Church survival. The critical element, one that goes beyond specific doctrinal accommodations, is the new primary connection of Church to people rather than Church to State. This came about through the widespread acceptance of science and technology as frames of intellectual reference, the emergence of secularization as mediating religious claims and the creation from the Enlightenment to the Postmodern eras of "civil religions." The volume concludes with a set of chapters on the nature of sacred events and objects, the emergence of new varieties of prayer, and concludes with a chapter on the relationship of ideology to theology prepared especially for the English language edition of Faith without Dogma. This is a book likely to attract a broad audience among religionists and culturologists, as well as social scientists.

Author : Barry E. Blood Sr.
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2004-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781594673832

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Christian Dogma by Barry E. Blood Sr. Pdf

Author : Adolf von Harnack
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Theology, Doctrinal
ISBN : UIUC:30112005622730

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History of Dogma by Adolf von Harnack Pdf

Author : Joshua Harris
Publisher : Multnomah
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781588601575

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I Kissed Dating Goodbye by Joshua Harris Pdf

Joshua Harris's first book, written when he was only 21, turned the Christian singles scene upside down...and people are still talking. More than 800,000 copies later, I Kissed Dating Goodbye, with its inspiring call to sincere love, real purity, and purposeful singleness, remains the benchmark for books on Christian dating. Now, for the first time since its release, the national #1 bestseller has been expanded with new content and updated for new readers. Honest and practical, it challenges cultural assumptions about relationships and provides solid, biblical alternatives to society's norm.Clear, stylish typeset, with user-friendly links to referenced Scripture.