Doubts and Loves : What Is Left of Christianity

by Holloway, Richard

• ISBN13: 9781841951799
• ISBN10: 184195179X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-02-01
• Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd

Summary

Doubts and Loves argues that it is better to use Christianity as good poetry than as bad science, and although the author sets out to deconstruct its doctrines, 'my intention is positive; it is to craft from the Christian past a usable ethic for our own time.' Holloway's radical book is a rescue attempt, a heartfelt and passionately argued case for salvaging the challenge of Jesus by revealing the essence of his teachings and showing why they remain revolutionary, humane and of immense spiritual importance. Holloway has produced a compassionate and accessible work of scholarship, a blueprint for belief that debunks traditional ways of understanding the Bible and Jesus. He revels in pluralism, making cultural, political, sociological and philosophical connections, offering spiritual hope to the millions who feel that the Church has lost its way. It is a timely and hugely important book.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgements	xii
PART ONE The Shaking of the Foundations
The End of Christianity	3	(16)
Burning Bright	19	(14)
Where all the Ladders Start	33	(12)
Cracking the Code	45	(20)
PART TWO Rebuilding the Ruins
Go Down Moses	65	(14)
Blaming Eve	79	(15)
Heart of Darkness	94	(17)
Get out of Jail Free	111	(16)
The Big Bang	127	(15)
Putting it all Together	142	(16)
The Old Firm	158	(25)
PART THREE What is Left of Christianity
The Outsider	183	(16)
Unconquered Hope	199	(17)
Rewinding the Past	216	(16)
For Love of the World	232	(20)
Notes	252	(7)
Selected Bibliography	259