Christ for Unitarian Universalists

A New Dialogue with Traditional Christianity

Scotty McLennan (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

296 Seiten

2016
Skinner House Books (Verlag)
978-1-55896-772-4 (ISBN)

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CHRIST FOR UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS is an engaging and thoughtful inquiry into Christianity for Unitarian Universalists and other spiritual seekers - including sceptics, non-religious people, liberal Christians and those who consider themselves "spiritual but not religious." The book has several purposes. The first is to present Christ in an understandable and compelling way to the increasing number of people who do not consider themselves Christian. The second is to present liberal and progressive Christians with the non-dogmatic way that Unitarian Universalists have viewed Christ through the Bible and personal experience. And the third is to promote active dialogue between non-Christians and the nearly 80% of Americans who identify themselves as Christian.

CHRIST FOR UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS addresses frank questions with integrity and intellectual honesty, yet, also, presents a sincere and genuine sense of love as embodied in Jesus that is so heartfelt, so unconditional and so revolutionary that it will take your breath away.

Scotty McLennan is a Unitarian Universalist minister, lawyer, and educator, currently teaching ethics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He was the University Chaplain at Tufts for sixteen years and Dean for Religious Life at Stanford for fourteen years. He is the author of Finding Your Religion and Jesus Was a Liberal, and co-author of Church on Sunday, Work on Monday.

Foreword by Harvey Cox

Introduction

1. What does it mean for Unitarian Universalists to talk about the living Christ?

2. Who was and is Jesus, really?

3. The birth story: Why put Christ in Christmas?

4. What’s in the Trinity for us as Unitarians?

5. What significance can we find in crucifixion?

6. What could Christ’s resurrection mean to Unitarian Universalists?

7. What can we do with Jesus Christ’s supposed miracles?

8. What does it mean to be saved? (And is salvation universal?)

9. How can we deal with Jesus Christ as the way, truth, and life?

10. What’s really left of Christianity in the face of Unitarian Universalist rationality and doubt?

11. Could Unitarian Universalists adopt Martin Luther King Jr.’s understanding of Christ?

12. How can Christ help us in our social justice efforts?

13. How might we talk to evangelical Christians about Christ?

14. What can we say to people of other religions (or none) about Christ?

Conclusion

Sources of Epigraphs

Notes

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	05.07.2017
Vorwort	Harvey Cox
Verlagsort	Boston
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	1 g
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10	1-55896-772-9 / 1558967729
ISBN-13	978-1-55896-772-4 / 9781558967724
Zustand	Neuware