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I read the first three chapters this book on Doug Pagitt's website (dougpagitt.com) and couldn't wait for its release. Since picking up a copy "hot off the presses," I only put the book down to eat, sleep, and conduct other necessary functions ;-)
This book will be a gift of affirmation for those who aren't afraid to ask questions and question the answers. For those who have often felt like a "fish out of water" in Sunday school, small groups, Bible school and seminary, Pagitt invites you into a theological conversation. He masterfully and winsomely weaves together his own life story with insights drawn from church history, theology, cultural anthropology, missiology, and scripture. Simply put, Pagitt writes an eloquent narrative theology for a "post-systematic" generation.
As a professor of intercultural and biblical studies, I am impressed with the depth of Pagitt's theological, historical, and cultural knowledge, and his unique gift to write about such topics in way that engages and is accessible to readers. He shows how so much of our "Christian" language and understanding of what it means to be Christian has been shaped by cultural contexts and worldviews very different than ours today... and very different than those of the biblical writers. In peeling back the cultural layers that clothe so much of Western Christianity, he reveals a faith that is dynamic, conversational, invitational, relevant, relational, wholistic, and alive. This is what I try to help my students discover; faith in a God fully engaged in our world and inviting us to join in God's adventure - today.
Get some friends together, grab your pens, take notes, and enter into a conversation that will help you discover a Christianity worth believing... and living.
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A Christianity Worth Believing: Hope-Filled, Open-Armed, Alive-And-Well Faith for the Left Out, Left Behind, and Let Down in Us All (Living Way: Emergent Visions) by Doug Pagitt
dfenrick, May 19, 2008
I read the first three chapters this book on Doug Pagitt's website (dougpagitt.com) and couldn't wait for its release. Since picking up a copy "hot off the presses," I only put the book down to eat, sleep, and conduct other necessary functions ;-)This book will be a gift of affirmation for those who aren't afraid to ask questions and question the answers. For those who have often felt like a "fish out of water" in Sunday school, small groups, Bible school and seminary, Pagitt invites you into a theological conversation. He masterfully and winsomely weaves together his own life story with insights drawn from church history, theology, cultural anthropology, missiology, and scripture. Simply put, Pagitt writes an eloquent narrative theology for a "post-systematic" generation.
As a professor of intercultural and biblical studies, I am impressed with the depth of Pagitt's theological, historical, and cultural knowledge, and his unique gift to write about such topics in way that engages and is accessible to readers. He shows how so much of our "Christian" language and understanding of what it means to be Christian has been shaped by cultural contexts and worldviews very different than ours today... and very different than those of the biblical writers. In peeling back the cultural layers that clothe so much of Western Christianity, he reveals a faith that is dynamic, conversational, invitational, relevant, relational, wholistic, and alive. This is what I try to help my students discover; faith in a God fully engaged in our world and inviting us to join in God's adventure - today.
Get some friends together, grab your pens, take notes, and enter into a conversation that will help you discover a Christianity worth believing... and living.
(5 of 5 readers found this comment helpful)