The Evolution of Faith: How God Is Creating a Better Christianity – A Kind and Provocative Guide for Living, Flexible Personal Christianity - Softcover

Gulley, Philip

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061689939 ISBN 13: 9780061689932

Verlag: HarperOne, 2012

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"Noone raises provocative questions about Christianity more kindly than PhilipGulley. " —Diana Butler Bass,author of Christianity for the Rest of Us

“Everyserious Christian ought to read this book, ponder it,wrestlewith it, but above all, be grateful for its presence in today's urgentconversation about what we are and are becoming as a people of God.” —Phyllis Tickle, author of The GreatEmergence

RenownedQuaker minister Philip Gulley, bestselling author of If the Church WereChristian, delivers a practical, insightful guide to developing aliving, flexible, personal Christianity—a faith that allows you to confront theprofound challenges facing every believer in today’s difficult world.

What if Christianity could evolve beyond dated doctrines and rigid dogma?

• Progressive Christianity: Discover a faith informed by common sense and personal experience, not just by dated creeds that no longer resonate.
• Rethinking God: Move beyond a distant, judgmental deity to embrace the universal, loving Presence that wills the growth and wholeness of all creation.
• A Faith Friendly to Science: Explore a theology that joyfully works alongside reason and logic, refusing to ask you to believe the absurd or degrade humanity.
• Quaker Spirituality: Learn from a beloved Quaker pastor how to cultivate an inward, living faith that can navigate the profound challenges of the modern world.

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Philip Gulley is a Quaker minister, writer, husband, and father. He is the bestselling author of Front Porch Tales, the acclaimed Harmony series, and is coauthor of If Grace Is True and If God Is Love. Gulley lives with his wife and two sons in Indiana, and is a frequent speaker at churches, colleges, and retreat centers across the country.

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Philip Gulley, famous for his own controversial theology that affirms universality, urges us in The Evolution of Faith to let go of our tightly held beliefs and start the journey toward a dynamic faith. Faith should always be seen as a work in progress, and this accessible guide will be a must-have tool for those interested in where the Christian faith is going today.

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Philip Gulley, famous for his own controversial theology that affirms universality, urges us in The Evolution of Faith to let go of our tightly held beliefs and start the journey toward a dynamic faith. Faith should always be seen as a work in progress, and this accessible guide will be a must-have tool for those interested in where the Christian faith is going today.

--Archbishop Desmond Tutu, author of Made for Goodness

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: HarperOne
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0061689939
• ISBN 13: 9780061689932
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224
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