The Underground Church: Reclaiming the Subversive Way of Jesus - Softcover

Meyers, Robin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0281069417 ISBN 13: 9780281069415

Publisher: SPCK Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

A new way to follow Jesus that draws on old ways of following him. Prominent progressive writer, speaker, and minister Robin Meyers proposes that the best way for the faithful to recapture the spirit of the early Christian church is to recognize that Jesus-following was - and must be again - subversive in the best sense of the word because the gospel taken seriously turns the world upside down. No matter how the church may organize itself or worship, the defining characteristic of the church of the future will be its Jesus-inspired countercultural witness.

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Review:

'When was the last time you thought of going to church as dangerous? Once we challenged the status quo; now we mostly defend it. The Underground Church tells the story of how we forgot where we came from and why we must recover our subversive roots. Read it if you dare. Become part of the movement if you are daring.' --Archbishop Desmond Tutu

'Read this book. Written by a wordsmith, it is a passionate and challenging call to churches to be liberated from the cultural captivity of convention and into the underground church.' --Marcus Borg , canon theologian, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, and author, Speaking Christian

'The Underground Church invites Christians to encounter a radical Jesus, to practice a subversive way of life, and to move beyond belief to love. This is no longer merely church - rather it is a movement that many are aching to join!' --Diana Butler Bass , author, Christianity After Religion: The End of Church and the Birth of a New Spiritual Awakening

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Praise for The Underground Church

"DANGER: The contents of this book are explosive and could turn the world upside down. About time!"
Bill Moyers

"When was the last time you thought of going to church as dangerous? Once we challenged the status quo; now we mostly defend it. The Underground Church tells the story of how we forgot where we came from and why we must recover our subversive roots. Read this book if you dare. Become part of the movement if you are daring."
Archbishop Desmond Tutu

"Read this book. Written by a wordsmith, it is a passionate and challenging call to churches to be liberated from the cultural captivity of convention and into the ′underground church.′"
Marcus Borg, canon theologian, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, and author, Speaking Christian

"The Underground Church invites Christians to encounter a radical Jesus, to practice a subversive way of life, and to move beyond belief to love. This is no longer merely church rather it is a movement that many are aching to join!"
Diana Butler Bass, author, Christianity After Religion: The End of Church and the Birth of a New Spiritual Awakening

"As I read Robin Meyers′s new book, I felt afresh how subversive the Christian way of life should be in relation to today′s partisan ideologies and consumerist assumptions. He depicts a subversive, transformative, and hopeful identity for followers of Christ one that I hope will be increasingly contagious."
Brian McLaren, author, speaker, activist (www.brianmclaren.net)

"This beautifully written manifesto, grounded in the author′s deep faith and faithful ministry, is manna for those of us who love what the church is called to be but who have a lover′s quarrel with the way it too often distorts the good news about love, justice, mercy, and care for ′the least of these.′ May The Underground Church rise up and flower everywhere!"
Parker J. Palmer

About this edition

• Publisher: SPCK Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0281069417
• ISBN 13: 9780281069415
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288