Libro Religious No More De Baker, Mark D.

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Mark D. Baker

Editorial

Wipf & Stock Publishers

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

188

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

21.0 x 14.4 x 1.4 cm

Peso

0.24 kg.

ISBN13

9781597521055

Categorías

Fundamentalismo religioso
Cristianismo
Teología
Instituciones y organizaciones religiosas

Religious No More

Mark D. Baker (Autor) · Wipf & Stock Publishers · Tapa Blanda

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Reseña del libro "Religious No More"

Too many Christians are religious - their faith is more a human endeavor than a response to God's loving initiative. Such religion assumes that our value comes not from God but from what we do. It absorbs principles and postulates from the surrounding society, leading to further misconceptions about God and our relation to our Creator. All this hinders people from experiencing vibrant Christian community, where they could freely love and be loved. Mark Baker suggests that just as car companies test automobiles under severe conditions to uncover weaknesses, North American Christians may detect fallacies in their gospel by examining how it plays out under the challenges of poverty, injustice, and entrenched religiosity. Baker's test case is drawn from his ten-year missionary experience in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, at churches born out of North American mission work. Baker observes Honduran church life, draws parallels to the dangers of religion in the North American church and mines from Galatians exciting possibilities of robust Christian grace and freedom. The result is a bracing and refreshing approach to Christian community for laypersons, pastors, missionaries, and mission strategists.