Dying to Religion and Empire: Giving up Our Religious Rites and Legal Rights
Language: English
Published by Redeeming Press, 2014
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Could Christianity exist without religious rites or legal rights? In Dying to Religion and Empire, Jeremy Myers not only answers this question with an emphatic Yes but argues that if the church is going to thrive in the coming decades, we must give up our religious rites and legal rights. Regarding religious rites, Jeremy Myers calls up on the church to abandon the quasi-magical traditions of water baptism and the Lord's Supper and transform or redeem these practices so that they reflect the symbolic meaning and intent which they had in New Testament times. Furthermore, the church has become far too dependent upon certain legal rights for our continued existence. Ideas such as the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are not conducive to living as the people of God who are called to follow Jesus into servanthood and death. Also, reliance upon the freedom of speech, the freedom of assembly, and other such freedoms as established by the Bill of Rights have made the church a servant of the state rather than a servant of God and the gospel. Such freedoms must be forsaken if we are going to live within the rule and reign of God on earth. This book not only challenges religious and political liberals but conservatives as well. It is a call to leave behind the comfortable religion we know, and follow Jesus into the uncertain and wild ways of radical discipleship. To rise and live in the reality of God's Kingdom, we must first die to religion and empire.…
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- Title
- Dying to Religion and Empire: Giving up Our Religious Rites and Legal Rights
- Author
- Jeremy Myers
- Publisher
- Redeeming Press
- Publication year
- 2014
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1939992370
- ISBN 13
- 9781939992376
- Series
- Book 3 of 5: Close Your Church for Good
Can Christianity exist without religious rites or legal rights?
Are baptism and communion required for the church to exist?
What about the freedom of religion and the right to assemble?
Building on what he has written in other volumes of the “Close Your Church for Good” series, Jeremy Myers argues that our traditions of baptism and the Lord’s Supper, and our dependence on the legal rights from the government, have actually hindered the growth and development of the church.
Dying to Religion and Empire is a call to leave behind the comfortable religion we know and follow Jesus into the uncertain and wild ways of radical discipleship. To rise and live in the reality of God’s Kingdom, we must first die to religion and empire.
This revised and updated book now includes discussion questions, perfect for a small group setting.
Books in the “Close Your Church for Good” series:
Preface: Skeleton Church
Volume 1: The Death and Resurrection of the Church
Volume 2: Put Service Back into the Church Service
Volume 3: Dying to Religion and Empire
Volume 4: Church is More than Bodies, Bucks, & Bricks
Volume 5: Cruciform Pastoral Leadership
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About the Author
Jeremy Myers is a popular blogger and has authored numerous books, including Why You have Not Committed the Unforgivable Sin, and Put Service Back into the Church Service. Jeremy can be contacted through his primary blog at TillHeComes.org. Jeremy is also the founder of Redeeming Press, a publishing company devoted to helping new and aspiring authors break into print.
Jeremy lives in Oregon with his wife, Wendy, and their three daughters.
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