Asphalt Jesus
Subtitle: finding a new Christian faith along the highways of America
By: Eric Elnes ; foreword by Diana Butler Bass.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2007
Place of publication: San Francisco, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780787986087
Subjects: Christianity -- United States -- 21st century
Description: On Easter 2006, Eric Elnes and several companions set out to walk from Phoenix, Arizona to the nation{u2019}s capital. They dreamed of fostering deeper conversations about what it means to be progressive Christians in an age of fundamentalism. On their journey they discovered thousands of people in every state{u2014}red and blue{u2014}and every kind of church who welcomed them and shared their hunger for relationship and conversation about what it means to be_ Christian. Asphalt Jesus tells the story of the journey and further articulates a joyous and loving faith that moves beyond simple categories of ?Christian Right? and ?Christian Left.?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The phoenix affirmations; title: The idea that wouldn't go away : listening to God; title: Phoenix rising; title: Hellfire, damnation, and garbage dumps; title: Jesus First Baptist Church; title: The trickster shows up-again!; title: Asphalt Jesus; title: Faith in podunk; title: Silence of the (Christian) lambs; title: A little light that shined; title: Art and soul; title: "Perfesser creek-water"; title: Faithful doubting; title: A letter from God; title: Discussion guide by C. Howie Howard.