Saving Christianity
Subtitle: New Thinking for Old Beliefs
Contributors: Willie Walsh (Foreword)
Publisher: Liffey Press
Published: February 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9781904148326
Subjects: Christian theology; Christian Church - Growth; Institutions & Organizations; General; Religion; Religion - Church Life & Growth; 21st century; Christianity; Theology, Doctrinal
Description: "In this radical and provocative new book; Hilary Wakeman argues that many of the statements of belief that Christians are required to assent to as literal truth, such as the Virgin Birth and the bodily Resurrection of Jesus - statements that were formulated nearly two millennia ago at a time when people understood the world very differently - are driving many people out of the churches and preventing others from coming in." "She describes in detail the origin and context of the main tenets of Christian beliefs, and considers ways that these core doctrines can be brought up to date and expressed with honesty and integrity. She also explains the difference between right-brain and left-brain approaches to religion, and argues that the rational, intellectual left side of the brain must give way to the intuitive right side to be able to experience spirituality fully."--BOOK JACKET.