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Andrew Shanks challenges all those Christians who like to erect boundaries around their faith. Far more important than dogma and metaphysics, he claims, is the need to be constantly disturbed out of our complacency. This means being open to all and negotiating space for conversation even with people we can't stomach.
Price: $19.00
Pages: 128
Publisher: SPCK
Imprint: SPCK Publishing
Publication Date:
21 January 2010
Trim Size: 8.50 X 5.43 in
ISBN: 9780281060856
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
Christianity
1 Beyond dogma 1
Thank God for the challenge of atheists 1
The Question 1
'How I envy you...' 10
Colluding with bigots? 14
Openness versus control 16
An argument for hope 26
2 'Beyond good and evil' 28
'Crucial' 28
The solidarity of the shaken 28
'One holy catholic and apostolic' 32
The 'European exception': its providential aspect 42
Third modernity 44
3 Beyond Liberal Theology 52
Two experiments: the Liberal and the Charismatic 52
The three great achievements of the Liberals 56
And yet, something's missing... 62
'Was ever another command so obeyed?' 65
4 Beyond baptism-and-confirmation 68
The symbolic rightness of infant baptism 68
A ritual celebration of wisdom? 72
How we got to where we are 79
5 Beyond bishops-as-politicians 86
'When the Spirit of truth comes...' 86
Indigenous rules for each Church independently 88
The tragic story of St Gregory Nazianzus 101
'Two cities' created by opposing 'loves' 105
Notes 108
Index 115
Thank God for the challenge of atheists 1
The Question 1
'How I envy you...' 10
Colluding with bigots? 14
Openness versus control 16
An argument for hope 26
2 'Beyond good and evil' 28
'Crucial' 28
The solidarity of the shaken 28
'One holy catholic and apostolic' 32
The 'European exception': its providential aspect 42
Third modernity 44
3 Beyond Liberal Theology 52
Two experiments: the Liberal and the Charismatic 52
The three great achievements of the Liberals 56
And yet, something's missing... 62
'Was ever another command so obeyed?' 65
4 Beyond baptism-and-confirmation 68
The symbolic rightness of infant baptism 68
A ritual celebration of wisdom? 72
How we got to where we are 79
5 Beyond bishops-as-politicians 86
'When the Spirit of truth comes...' 86
Indigenous rules for each Church independently 88
The tragic story of St Gregory Nazianzus 101
'Two cities' created by opposing 'loves' 105
Notes 108
Index 115