Why Christian?: For Those on the Edge of FaithFortress Press, 1 янв. 1998 г. - Всего страниц: 182 In these dialogues with doubt, Hall enters into an earnest search with a young inquirer a composite of undergraduates, graduates, clergy, working people, his own children who is on the edges of Christian faith. Half familiar with superficial aspects of Christianity, hopeful of there being greater depth than has been found so far, she or he is curious, insistent, looking for something to believe in but not ready to leap without good reason. Such a person is asking, "Why be Christian?" In a passionate and personal way, Hall probes fundamental religious questions and wrestles with the cogency of basic Christian convictions about Jesus and God, about religious belief and the human predicament, about inauthentic forms of Christianity, about what is missing in human life today. Quoting Unamuno's dictum that "Faith that does not doubt is dead faith," Hall's accessible and straightforward book helps readers to reclaim a Christianity of personal, intellectual, and moral integrity. This book may well prove a modern religious classic. |
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Why Jesus? | 15 |
Saved from For What?For What? | 35 |
But How? | 63 |
Whats the Difference? | 83 |
Why Church? And by the Way What about the Others? | 117 |
Is There Any Hope? | 153 |
Afterword | 175 |
Notes | 179 |
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