Church-going, going, gone!
Subtitle: a movement of the human spirit begins
By: Michael Horan
Publisher: Andrews UK
Published: 2015
Place of publication: [Luton]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781845408183; 9781845407711; 9781845408190
Subjects: Church attendance; Public worship; Spirituality; Christianity; Church; RELIGION; Christian Life; Social Issues; General
Description: In Church-going, Going, Gone! Michael Horan argues that although the Christian church in Britain may be in terminal decline, that is not to be equated with a national decline in spiritual values. Most if not all people have some level of awareness of what he calls the 'Other-than-oneself', even though they have rejected, or never accepted, the church's now outdated teaching. Church-going, Going, Gone! is concerned less with teaching than with learning. The book provides atheists, agnostics and believers-in-exile, as well as those who have given little thought to belief, with a framework for collaborating as learners, working toward equality, peace and reconciliation, and dedicated to unselfish and imaginative social action. A new movement of the human spirit is beginning.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; Publisher information; Quotations; Preface: Church-going is going; Body matter; Part One; Chapter 1: An invitation to the fulfilment society; Chapter 2: Closing down: Everything must go!; Chapter 3: Opening shortly: A new enterprise; Chapter 4: Learners wanted: Now recruiting; Chapter 5: In place of teaching: Learning to learn; Part Two; Chapter 6: But that I can't believe; Sketch 1: The gods and God; Sketch 2: Jesus, the man from Galilee; Sketch 3: A young woman shall give birth; Sketch 4: The death of Jesus; Sketch 5: Resurrection.; title: Sketch 6: Ascending to heavenSketch 7: Judgment day; Sketch 8: The spirit of the divine; Sketch 9: The church; Sketch 10: Forgiveness; Sketch 11: An afterlife; Part Three; Chapter 7: Social construction; Jottings 1: Children and young people; Jottings 2: Crime; Jottings 3: Disablement; Jottings 4: Ecology and the environment; Jotting 5: Education; Jottings 6: Employment; Jottings 7: Equality of opportunity; Jottings 8: Ethnicity, 'race' and immigration; Jottings 9: Family and marriage; Jottings 10: Gender and sexuality; Jottings 11: Health; Jottings 12: Housing and homelessness.; title: Jottings 13: MediaJottings 14: Old age; Jottings 15: Poverty; Jottings 16: Other concerns; Epilogue: Where to now?; Back matter; Appendix 1: A Supreme Court opinion on 'religion'; Appendix 2: Developing the effective working group; Appendix 3: A learning review; Appendix 4: A personal check-up: For your eyes only; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Also available.