Resurrecting ReligionThere's lots of bad religion out there. But the answer isn't no religion, it's true religion: living out--publicly and communally--what we say we believe privately and individually. True religion puts flesh on the bones of faith. Resurrecting Religion offers an inspiring, stretching vision for finding our way back to the good news of our faith. At a time when most people practice their faith in the extremes--either extremely publicly, with a legalistic, combative tone that creates division, or extremely privately, to the point that our faith becomes functionally irrelevant--award-winning author Greg Paul offers a vision for religion that is good for us and good for the world. |
Contents
bad religion | 1 |
spiritual or religious? | 23 |
dry bones | 45 |
bad religion can feel so good | 59 |
believe it or not | 71 |
living the beatitudes | 87 |
the leveling effect | 115 |
watch your mouth | 143 |
the surprise in submission | 161 |
a twentyfirstcentury reformation | 181 |
appendix | 203 |
acknowledgments | 205 |
notes | 207 |
about the author | 217 |
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