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| Resource: | Books (P42088.0000) Christianity After Religion: The End of Church and the Birth of a New Spiritual Awakening |
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| Author: | Bass, Diana Butler | |
| Publisher: | HARPER COLLINS, 2012 | |
| Length: | 304 pages | |
| Heading: | 115 — Faith | |
| Subjects: | Christianity / 21st century; Christianity-Church History General; Faith; Spiritual life / Christianity | |
| Location: | BR121.3 .B37 2012 | |
| # Copies: | 1 | |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 9780062003737 | |
| Description: | FROM THE PUBLISHER: The data is clear: religious affiliation is plummeting across the breadth of Christian denominations. And yet interest in "spirituality" is on the rise. So what is behind the sea change in American religion? With the same comprehensive research and insider reporting that made Christianity for the Rest of Us an indispensable guide to cultivating thriving churches, Diana Butler Bass offers a fresh interpretation of the "spiritual but not religious" trend. Bass, who has spent her career teaching the history, culture, and politics of religion, and engaging church communities across the nation, brings forth her deep knowledge of the latest national studies and polls, along with her own groundbreaking analysis, as she seeks to fully comprehend the decline in Christian attendance and affiliation that started decades ago and has increased exponentially in recent years. Some contend that we're undergoing yet another evangelical revival; others suggest that Christian belief and practice is eroding entirely as traditional forms of faith are replaced by new ethical, and religious, choices. But Bass argues compellingly that we are, instead, at a critical stage in a completely new spiritual awakening, a vast interreligious progression toward individual and cultural transformation, and a wholly new kind of postreligious faith. Offering direction and hope to individuals and churches, Christianity After Religion is Bass's call to approach faith with a newfound freedom that is both life-giving and service driven. And it is a hope-filled plea to see and participate in creating a fresh, vital, contemporary way of faith that stays true to the real message of Jesus. DESCRIPTION: Diana Butler Bass, one of contemporary Christianity's leading trend-spotters, exposes how the failings of the church today are giving rise to a new spiritual but not religious movement. Using evidence from the latest national polls and from her own cutting-edge research, Bass, the visionary author of A People's History of Christianity, continues the conversation began in books like Brian D. McLaren's A New Kind of Christianity and Harvey Cox's The Future of Faith, examining the connections and the divisions between theology, practice, and community that Christians experience today. Bass's clearly worded, powerful, and probing Christianity After Religion is required reading for anyone invested in the future of Christianity. |
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| Age Groups: | None specified. |
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