The Last Word And The Word After That: A Tale Of Faith, Doubt, And A New Kind Of Christianity

by Brian D. McLaren

• ISBN13: 9780787975920
• ISBN10: 0787975923
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-04-01
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
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Summary

In this final installment in the trilogy that begins with his award-winning "A New Kind Of Christian," McLaren tells an intriguing fictional tale that raises urgent questions about hell and what it means for the Christian view of God.

Author Biography

Brian D. McLaren is the founding pastor of Cedar Ridge Community Church in the Washington-Baltimore area, and the author of several books on contemporary and postmodern Christianity, including A New Kind of Christian and The Story We Find Ourselves In, both from Jossey-Bass.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

BOOK ONE: The Last Word.

1. Something Serious.

2. Flare-Up.

3. Poet in a Trench Coat.

4. Party in the Living Room, Torture in the Basement.

5. Playing Hardball.

6. I Don’t Know.

7. The Architecture of the Bible.

8. The First Two Threads.

9. The Third and Fourth Threads.

10. The Scapegoat Factor.

11. Better Than We Realized.

12. Something like a Straight Answer.

13. End in Embrace?

14. Piano Lessons and Lumpy Hands.

15. You Have a Tough Job.

16. All over the Map.

17. Deconstructing Hell.

18. Proposal, Plan, Implementation.

19. Homework Assignment.

BOOK TWO: The Word After That.

20. How Can I Hurt Him?

21. Nice Walleye Fishing Charters.

22. Wolves in Lawyers’ Tuxedos.

23. Up Toward the Stars.

24. A Colorful Breakfast.

25. A New Kind of Christianity.

26. Second Thoughts.

27. To God, All Are Alive.

28. A Part of Me at the Core of My Mind.

29. The Last, Best Word.

Commentary.

The Author.