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Between Noon
and Three:
Romance, Law, and the Outrage of Grace
by Robert Farrar Capon
Publisher's Weekly writes:
With wit, humor and exegesis, Capon evokes a bit of C.S. Lewis as he brushes past
centuries of dry theologizing on concepts of grace and
freedom, law and sin, and actually makes the questions fun.
Describing his method as "theology by way of
entertainment," he illustrates the radical nature of
grace with a "parable" about an illicit affair
between a promiscuous English professor and a graduate
student, both married. Capon, an Episcopal priest, is
determined to "separate the liquor of grace from the mash
of mortality," and some may accuse him of excessive haste
in setting aside the latter. His justification: "No
mistake can hold a candle to the love that draws us
home." Chiding the "grace-fearing spoilsport in
every one of us," Capon argues that organized religion
too often encourages us "to act more like subjects of a
police state than fellow citizens of the saints." (Dec.)
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How to Quit Church Without Quitting God - 7 Good Reasons to Escape The Box
by Martin Zender
This book describes the joy and freedom one can experience by quitting organized religion and the thrill of a freelance walk in the spirit with God. This book brings Scripture alive to prove that church is not only expendable, it hinders spiritual growth. It is for spiritual seekers who are fed up with the religious treadmill. By necessity, it exposes the world's most popular religion and the hypocrisies that poison it. How to Quit Church shows how Christianity has made a caricature of God and Christ. This book is for people who are in church, people who have left church and people who have never gone to church.
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The Inescapable Love of God
by
Thomas Talbott
From the Preface: "This set of reflections is neither a textbook nor a piece of scholarly
research...in these pages, I have sought to share with others, particularly those who call themselves "Christians," some of my own deepest convictions about the nature of God and the world. I have sought to work out, with some degree of consistency, the idea that the universe really is an expression of love, as some of the mystics from many traditions have always insisted." Part I chronicles some of Talbott's early theological struggles and how he came to embrace a doctrine of universal
reconciliation: the wondrous idea that God's love will inevitably triumph in the end and finally transform every created person. Part II sets forth the positive case for his contention that universalism is a plain and obvious teaching of the New Testament. And finally, Part III explores some of the logical inconsistencies in competing theological systems. |
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