Christianity without God
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Christianity without an omnipotent god, without a divine savior, without an afterlife? In this bold and hopeful book, theologian Daniel C. Maguire writes that traditional, supernatural aspects of Christianity can be comforting, but are increasingly questionable. A century of scholarly research has not been supportive of the dogmatic triad of personal god, incarnate savior, and life after death. Demonstrating that these beliefs have questionable roots in historical traditions, Maguire argues for a return to that brilliant and revolutionary moral epic of the Hebrew and Christian Bible. Rescued from god, Christianity can offer a realistic global ethic to heal a planet sinking under the effects of our ungrateful mismanagement.
ISBN
97811438454054
Publication Date
2014
Publisher
SUNY Press
City
Albany
Disciplines
Religion
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Table of Contents
Part I. God
1. Overture
2. Deification
3. Proliferation
4. The Beginning That Wasn’t
Part II. The Divinity of Jesus
5. The Greatest Story Never Told
6. From Jesus to Christ
7. From Christianity to Cross-tianity
Part III. The Living Dead
8. From Hell to Jiggledeegreen
Part IV. The Quest for a Global Ethic
9. When We Are as Remote as Charlemagne
10. Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby?
11. From Prose to Poetry
12. When History Turned a Corner
Epilogue: The God Loss
Notes
Selected Annotated Bibliography
Index