The End of Religion: Encountering the Subversive Spirituality of Jesus 9781600060670, 9781615215027, 1615215026

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The End of Religion: Encountering the Subversive Spirituality of Jesus
 9781600060670, 9781615215027, 1615215026

Table of contents :
Intro
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
PREFACE: A Rest from Religion
Acknowledgments
INTRODUCTION: The Holy Hand Grenade
PART ONE: THE BEGINNING OF THE END
CHAPTER ONE: Water, Wine, and Scandal
CHAPTER TWO: Religion, Spirituality, and Faith
CHAPTER THREE: Blue Rose Tuesdays
CHAPTER FOUR: Chamber of Horrors
CHAPTER FIVE: Taking the "Mental" out of Fundamentalism
PART TWO: A SCANDALOUS LIFE
CHAPTER SIX: Taking on the Establishment
CHAPTER SEVEN: Breaking the Rules: Overriding Torah
CHAPTER EIGHT: A Fence Around the Law: Trouncing Tradition. CHAPTER NINE: Family Values: Undoing TribalismCHAPTER TEN: Thy Kingdom Come: Transcending Territory
CHAPTER ELEVEN: Sacred Space: Redefining Temple
CHAPTER TWELVE: Subversive Symbols
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: The Day Religion Died
PART THREE: THE IRRELIGIOUS IMPLICATIONS
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Who Do You Think You Are --
God?
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: God or Son of God?
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Word of God
CHAPTER SEVETEEN: Love Instead of Law
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: Back to the Garden
CHAPTER NINETEEN: It's Time to Grow Up
CHAPTER TWENTY: Religion Versus Relationship
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: So What? EPILOGUE: The "Religion" God LikesAPPENDIX A: Origins of the Word Religion
APPENDIX B: Language Today
APPENDIX C: Grasping the Gospel
Notes
Bibliography
About the Author.

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