The Heart of Christianity: Rediscovering a Life of Faith
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Bestselling author Marcus Borg presents an engaging and inspiring guide to Christian living by demonstrating how the essential ingredients of a Christian life -- faith, being born again, the kingdom of God, the gospel of love -- remain vital in a modern world.World-renowned Jesus scholar Marcus J. Borg shows how we can live passionately as Christians in today's world by practicing the vital elements of Christian faith.For the millions of people who have turned away from many traditional beliefs about God, Jesus, and the Bible, but still long for a relevant, nourishing faith, Borg shows why the Christian life can remain a transforming relationship with God. Emphasizing the critical role of daily practice in living the Christian life, he explores how prayer, worship, Sabbath, pilgrimage, and more can be experienced as authentically life-giving practices.Borg reclaims terms and ideas once thought to be the sole province of evangelicals and fundamentalists: he shows that terms such as "born again" have real meaning for all Christians; that the "Kingdom of God" is not a bulwark against secularism but is a means of transforming society into a world that values justice and love; and that the Christian life is essentially about opening one's heart to God and to others.
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Short Review: This is a book about the essentials of Christianity written from an Emergent (his word) Christian. Really it is works through most of the traditional areas of systematic theology from a Liberal Protestant perspective. He brings useful counterpoint to many Evangelical theological ideas. So Evangelicals will alternately be frustrated and intrigued. This isn't a book I would say is a must read. But for those that like reading outside their tradition, this is a good book to give perspective to liberal Christianity that takes seriously a real faith in God. While Evangelicals will disagree with a lot of theological points, they will find real and honest Christian faith at the root of it.
My longer review is posted on my blog at http://bookwi.se/heart-of-christianity/
While I do disagree with some of what Borg writes, I do respect his opinion. It was very well written, and for the most part, I do agree with much of what was discussed. As a christian, this book was helpful to me in terms of learning more about my faith than what is commonly preached in church itself.
