Coming back to earth
Subtitle: from gods, to God, to gaia
By: Lloyd Geering ; edited with an introduction by Tom Hall.
Contributors: Hall, Tom, 1932-
Publisher: Polebridge Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Salem, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9781598150162
Subjects: Christianity -- 21st century; Christianity -- Forecasting; Postmodernism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Christianity and culture; Secularism
Description: "According to Lloyd Geering the doctrines of Incarnation and Trinity, which began as attempts to reflect the indwelling of God in human beings, were soon distorted to proclaim the reality of a sacred realm in the heavens. But the collapse of supernaturalism, he says, has produced a new and different pattern of reality: the self-creating universe, the self-evolving human species, and the emerging global consciousness. In light of these changes, he asks, Is Christianity going anywhere ? His answer, simply put, is that Christianity will not survive unless it can be harmonized with the secular global world. He further observes that all religious traditions must incorporate a concern for the present ecological crisis, And, he insists, any credible faith tradition must embrace a secular or humanist spirituality. Geering concludes that the most credible scenario for Christianity s future depends on accepting the Gaia concept as a powerful modern myth that will sustain individual humans spiritually, and our planetary home ecologically." -- Publisher.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Introduction; title: The secular Trinity; title: Is Christianity going anywhere?; title: Christianity at the crossroads; title: Excavating Jesus; title: The recovery of Jesus' teaching; title: The diverse futures of Christianity; title: The greening of Christianity; title: The global crisis; title: Beyond Our Father who art in heaven; title: The ecological imperative, a new ethical dimension; title: Greening rites and festivals; title: In praise of the secular; title: What does secular mean?; title: The emergence of the secular age; title: The value of being secular; title: Spirituality in the secular world; title: Moving towards a new form of mysticism.