The God We Never Knew: Beyond Dogmatic Religion to a More Authentic Contemporary Faith - Softcover

Marcus J. Borg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060610352 ISBN 13: 9780060610357

Publisher: Bravo Ltd, 1998

Synopsis

Answering the many spiritual questions left unaddressed by such popular historical bestsellers as A History of God and God: A Biography, renowned author Marcus Borg reveals how to embrace an authentic contemporary faith that reconciles God with science, critical thinking and religious pluralism. How to have faith how to even think about God without having to stifle modern rationality is one of the most vital challenges facing contemporary religion. In providing a much needed solution to the problem of how to have a fully authentic yet fully contemporary understanding of God, Borg author of the bestselling Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time traces his personal journey. He leads readers from the all powerful and authoritarian God of his (and their) childhood and traditional faith to an equally powerful but dynamic image of God that is relevant to contemporary seekers and more biblical and spiritually authentic. Borg shows how the modern crisis of faith is itself rooted in delusion misinterpretation of biblical texts and of God's true nature and challenges readers to a new way of thinking about God. He opens a practical discussion about how to base a relationship with the divine both immanent and transcendant, here and now, always and everywhere. Arguing that the authentic Judeo Christian tradition is that God's being includes the whole world, Borg persuasively shows how this understanding accounts for the whole variety of human religious experience. Ultimately, he introduces readers to a way of thinking about God who is right here all around them, rather than distant and remote. This understanding is more intellectually and spiritually satisfying and allows readers to reclaim a stronger sense of God's presence.

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Review:

‘Writing clearly, summarixing some of the best of contemporary theology in non-technical language, Borg continues to speak to, and to challenge, the widest possible audience.’
Publishers Weekly

‘A breath of fresh air, a liberating book for Jews and Christians alike.’
Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People

From the Back Cover:

MEETING GOD AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME

Selected by 'Publishers Weekly' as one of the best books of 1997

In 'The God We Never Knew', bestselling author Marcus J. Borg leads us from the distant, authoritative God of our childhood to an equally powerful, dynamic adult understanding of God. Tracing his own spiritual journey, he reveals how to embrace a fresh, authentic view of God that is fully compatible with good science, critical thinking, and religious pluralism–a view that promotes a much healthier and more vital life of faith today.

Marcus J. Borg is Hundere Distinguished Professor of Religion and Culture at Oregon State University and author of many books, including 'Jesus: A New Vision'and 'Meeting Jesus for the First Time'

'"The God We Never Knew' will appeal to unbelieving and fainthearted believers, but it also has riches for those who think their faith is secure."
ROBERT N. BELLAH, author of 'Harbits of the Heart'

Writing clearly, summarizing some of the best of contemporary theology in nontechnical language, Borg continues to speak to, and challenge, the widest possible audience."
Publishers Weekly

Borg does what few scholars on religion seem capable if doing: He has digested an immense amount of difficult, often conflicting religious ideas and written a clear, coherent, and highly readable theological work that satisfies mind and soul."
Oregonian

About this edition

• Publisher: Bravo Ltd
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0060610352
• ISBN 13: 9780060610357
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192