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Named one of the Top 10 Books of the Year in 2020 by the Academy of
Parish Clergy "Drawing on his own spiritual journey, David Gushee
provides an incisive critique of American evangelicalism [and]
offers a succinct yet deeply informed guide for post-evangelicals
seeking to pursue Christ-honoring lives." —Kristin Kobes Du Mez,
Calvin University Millions are getting lost in the evangelical
maze: inerrancy, indifference to the environment, deterministic
Calvinism, purity culture, racism, LGBTQ discrimination, male
dominance, and Christian nationalism. They are now conscientious
objectors, deconstructionists, perhaps even "none and done." As one
of America's leading academics speaking to the issues of religion
today, David Gushee offers a clear assessment and a new way forward
for disillusioned post-evangelicals. Gushee starts by analyzing
what went wrong with U.S. white evangelicalism in areas such as
evangelical history and identity, biblicism, uncredible theologies,
and the fundamentalist understandings of race, politics, and
sexuality. Along the way, he proposes new ways of Christian
believing and of listening to God and Jesus today. He helps
post-evangelicals know how to belong and behave, going from where
they are to a living relationship with Christ and an intellectually
cogent and morally robust post-evangelical faith. He shows that
they can have a principled way of understanding Scripture, a
community of Christ's people, a healthy politics, and can repent
and learn to listen to people on the margins. With a foreword from
Brian McLaren, who says, “David Gushee is right: there is indeed
life after evangelicalism,” this book offers an essential
handbook for those looking for answers and affirmation of their
journey into a future that is post-evangelical but still centered
on Jesus. If you, too, are struggling, After Evangelicalism shows
that it is possible to cut loose from evangelical Christianity and,
more than that, it is necessary.
A comprehensive update of the leading Christian ethics textbook of
the 21st century. Ever since its original publication in 2003, Glen
Stassen and David Gushee's Kingdom Ethics has offered students,
pastors, and other readers an outstanding framework for Christian
ethical thought, one that is solidly rooted in Scripture,
especially Jesus's teachings in the Sermon on the Mount. This
substantially revised edition of Kingdom Ethics features enhanced
and updated treatments of all major contemporary ethical issues.
David Gushee's revisions include updated data and examples, a more
global perspective, more gender-inclusive language, a clearer focus
on methodology, and added discussion questions.
David Gushee argues convincingly that there is in U.S. politics an
"evangelical center" of voters who do not identify with the
politics and religion of either the right or the left. Although
evangelical Christians are portrayed by the media as conservatives,
Gushee claims that the evangelical movement includes nearly even
numbers of voters on the right, in the center, and on the left of
the political spectrum. He provides portraits of the major figures
in each of the three camps, outlines the core convictions of the
adherents, and analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of each
group's positions. He suggests that the evangelical center is
poised for growth; this book could be its manifesto.
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Let's Talk (Hardcover)
Harold Heie; Foreword by Richard J Mouw; Afterword by David P. Gushee
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Journalist and pastor Mark Wingfield describes how the congregation
he serves undertook a detailed study of how the church should
respond to the inclusion of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender
members. The study was conducted by a nineteen-member blue-ribbon
task force that included wide representation of the church's
various constituencies. The author served as a staff liaison,
recording secretary, and resource to the study group, keeping
meticulous notes of the process and the aftermath of the study.Why
Churches Need to Talk about Sexuality is written for clergy and lay
leaders in Protestant congregations of all kinds who need a helpful
guide to conversations about human sexuality within congregations.
The book also has in mind anyone who wants to understand the
controversial debates about human sexuality and the Christian
church today and who desire to follow a process to discuss the
topic and make decisions about how congregations and individuals
will respond to matters of ministry and sexuality.This book not
only details the process used at Wilshire but also tells the human
story of why the study was undertaken and what happened to the
lives and faith of real people inside and outside the church. The
author's hope is to provide a resource to other clergy and church
leaders to understand why this issue must be addressed, how
difficult it is to address, and what to expect along the way. As
the title indicates, even though this is a difficult conversation
to have, churches must have the conversation anyway.
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Practicing the Kingdom (Paperback)
Justin Bronson Barringer, Maria Russell Kenney; Foreword by David P. Gushee
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Practicing the Kingdom (Hardcover)
Justin Bronson Barringer, Maria Russell Kenney; Foreword by David P. Gushee
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Know Your Place (Hardcover)
Justin R Phillips; Foreword by David P. Gushee
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Let's Talk (Paperback)
Harold Heie; Foreword by Richard J Mouw; Afterword by David P. Gushee
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Know Your Place (Paperback)
Justin R Phillips; Foreword by David P. Gushee
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