The Post-Evangelical

by Dave Tomlinson

• ISBN13: 9780310253853
• ISBN10: 0310253853
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: Zondervan

Summary

You believe in the God of the Bible---but you cringe when church leaders oversimplify, trivialize, and absolutize the faith.You're not alone. You're likely among an increasing number of post-evangelicals: Christians growing restless within the bounds of the evangelical orthodoxy they were raised in or trained in---especially its culturally-influenced precepts and mores---and thirsting for something deeper. Something that makes sense.Author Dave Tomlinson encountered these same issues in Great Britain as he approached the writing of The Post-Evangelical. He quickly discovered that many in the church are hungering for a safe place to express their questions, doubts, and insights without being branded 'liberals' or---worse yet---'heretics.'Far from skewering its subject, The Post-Evangelical actually endorses steps toward rather that away from the roots of evangelicalism---while stridently challenging its man-made rules and regulations that have, for all intents and purposes, become 'gospel.'A best-seller and paradigm-buster in the U.K. for several years, we now present the expanded and updated North American edition of The Post-Evangelical. It includes:* A forward by Dallas Willard and an updated introduction.* Sidebar commentary from Mark Galli, Timothy Keel, Doug Pagitt, Mike Yaconelli, and Holly Rankin Zaher.* A completely new chapter on the history of evangelicalism in the U.S.If you've wandered from the evangelical fold---publicly or privately---you're not necessarily a backslider. Spend some time with The Post-Evangelical and be encouraged.

Table of Contents

A Symbol of Hope	p. 1
We've Never Had it so Good!	p. 14
Worlds Apart	p. 31
Longing to Grow	p. 45
Woolly Liberals?	p. 60
'Let Me Tell You a Story'	p. 75
The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Something Quite Like the Truth	p. 84
Is the Bible the Word of God?	p. 104
Positively Worldly	p. 123
Christianity for a New Age	p. 139
Notes	p. 146
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