Title: Christless Christianity
First published: 2008
Description: Horton argues that while we invoke the name of Christ, too often Christ and the Christ-centered gospel are pushed aside. The result is a message and a faith that are, in Horton's words, "trivial, sentimental, affirming, and irrelevant." This alternative "gospel" is a message of moralism, personal comfort, self-help, self-improvement, and individualistic religion. It trivializes God, making him a means to our selfish ends. Horton skillfully diagnoses the problem and points to the solution: a return to the unadulterated gospel of salvation. --from publisher description.
Subjects: Religious life and customs, Jesus Christ, Evangelicalism, History of doctrines, Jesus christ, history of doctrines, United states, religion, United states, social life and customs
Places: United States
LC classification: BR1642.U5 H674 2008