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Title: Remedial Christianity: What Every Believer Should Know About the Faith, but Probably Doesn't by Paul Alan Laughlin, Glenna S. Jackson ISBN: 0-944344-77-1 Publisher: Polebridge Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.38 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Thinking Christian's Guide
Comment: "Remedial Christianity" is one of the best resources available to gain an understanding of the history of the Christian Church. Dr. Laughlin achieves the remarkable goal of a book that is densely packed with information, and yet still readable and humorous. The inclusion of comparisons of Christian theology to Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism is instructive, and the details included in describing these theistic models is invaluable to Christians who truly think about God.
As part of a study on the history of Christian theology, my church's Adult Education Ministry offered this book to small groups for discussion. I had the pleasure of leading one of those groups, and engaging in a very thorough debate of this text. Opinions about some of the conclusions drawn by Dr. Laughlin varied - some were very supportive of his view, others were dissenting. What was so refreshing about the experience was the number of times that people in my group came to a meeting about a particular chapter saying "I never knew that." The knowledge we gained from reading this book- whether we agreed or disagreed with the views of the author - caused us to examine our own faith and understanding of Christianity. Far from causing anyone to doubt their faith, the text provides an opportunity for a deeper understanding of faith and theology, and is one of the best resources to help indvidual Christians come to their own understanding and "image" of God.
Happily, we also had a chance to meet the author and listen to lectures based on this and other material. He was content with any points of disagreement with his scholarship, and genuinely interested in alternative points of view.
I highly recommend this book, and I highly recommend its use by any congregation looking for a good study and debate about Christianity. You can agree or disagree with it as much as you want. Just do not pass up the great opportunity Dr. Laughlin provides to learn more about the Christian faith.
Rating: 5
Summary: Must read
Comment: This book was wonderfull and I recomend it to anyone and everyone. As a matter of fact they should use it in Sunday school!! So many of us are indoctrinated into our various christian traditions and are not aware of just how much of what we believe is due to intentional and unitentional errors of ommision and inclussion. It's time to return to the Jesus of history and learn to cherish our myths as religious truth (whith great value) and not the way things are, always were, and always must be. I only wish I had had someone like Dr. Laughlin to show me the light in my younger days.
Rating: 4
Summary: Christianity R.I.P.
Comment: This book is an excellent overview of the results of modern scholarship as applied to the Bible. So why only 4 stars? Because like other liberal theologians, Laughlin somehow thinks you can remove most of the orthodox beliefs of Christianity and still have a viable version of Christianity. After his deconstruction you are left with: a)a God so ill defined as to be incomprehensible and essentially meaningless b) a Jesus (if you even believe he existed as a historical person) who is an inspirational teacher even though you're not sure how much of what is attributed to him is even factual c) a Bible which is a collection of fables which nevertheless has some kind of transcendental value.
Liberal Christianity has no "meat" to it. That's why liberal congregations are with a few exceptions, dwindling away to obscurity.
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Title: Open Christianity: Home by Another Road by Jim Burklo ISBN: 0933670052 Publisher: Rising Star Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Heart of Christianity: Rediscovering a Life of Faith by Marcus J. Borg ISBN: 0060526769 Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco Pub. Date: 23 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: So You Think You're Not Religious?: A Thinking Person's Guide to the Church by James R. Adams ISBN: 0936384697 Publisher: Cowley Publications Pub. Date: 01 January, 1989 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: The Dishonest Church by Jack Good ISBN: 0933670095 Publisher: Rising Star Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas by Elaine Pagels ISBN: 0375501568 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 06 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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