Living on the boundary
By: by John Shelby Spong.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harper One
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780060762063
Subjects: Death -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.; Future life -- Christianity.; Eternity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: value: Setting the stage : a necessary personal word; value: Life is accidental; value: All life is deeply linked; value: Life is mortal; value: The lure of religion; value: Life's dominant drive : survival; value: Religion's role in the fear of death; value: The faces of religion; value: The tools of religious manipulation; value: Ridding religion of both heaven and hell; value: Putting away childish things : the death of religion; value: The shift of the religious paradigm; value: Who am i? What is God?; value: The approach of the mystics; value: Resurrection : a symbol and a reality; value: Hiding, thinking, being; value: I believe in life beyond death; value: Epilogue : defining the choice to die.