Why Christian? For Those on the Edge of Faith
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Why Christian? For Those on the Edge of Faith
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.
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.
- Publisher Fortress Press
- Format Paperback
- ISBN 9780800631307
- Dimensions 5.5 x 8.5
- Pages 192
- Publication Date February 28, 1998
Excerpts
"It's that kind of doubting faith--or faithful doubt--that I want to dialogue with here. I think I understand
it. It's where I live too, most of the time."
--Douglas John Hall
from the Preface
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Why Christian?
2. Why Jesus?
3. Saved from What? For What?
4. But How?
5. What's the Difference?
6. Why Church? And by the Way, What about "the Others"?
7. Is There Any Hope?
Afterword
1. Why Christian?
2. Why Jesus?
3. Saved from What? For What?
4. But How?
5. What's the Difference?
6. Why Church? And by the Way, What about "the Others"?
7. Is There Any Hope?
Afterword