Courage to think differently /
written and edited by George S. Johnson.
- 304 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.
In a culture of irrelevant religion and idolatry. Becoming a thinking Christian / John B. Cobb, Jr. -- Holy discontent / Diana Butler Bass -- The peril of worshiping Jesus / Harry Emerson Fosdick -- Needed in theological education / Walter Brueggemann -- Idols in the church / George S. Johnson -- In a culture of exclusion and thin democracy. Something worth getting mad aboug / Bill Moyers -- Getting a grip / Frances Moore Lapp�e -- Taking oppression seriously / Brita Gill-Austern -- Charity can be a dangerous solution / Shane Claiborne -- Rich man and Lazarus / George Johnson -- In a culture of biblical certitudes and ignorance. Reading the Bible again / Marcus Borg -- Bible of the oppressed / Elsa Tamez -- Feminist biblical interpretation / Elisabeth Sch�ussler Fiorenza -- God takes sides / Robert McAfee Brown -- Jesus and biblical interpretation / George Johnson -- In a culture of individualism and cheap grace. Obedience that is not legalism / Walter Brueggemann -- Remember the poor / Joerg Rieger -- Co-opted by the system / Sister Marie Augusta Neal -- Winner-take-all politics / Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson -- From believing to following / George Johnson -- In a culture of ecological crisis and greed. New climate for theology / Sallie McFague -- Destroying small farmers / Vandana Shiva -- One war we will never win / Wendell Berry -- Down to earth economy / David Korten -- Sacramentalism and eco-feminism / Larry Rasmussen -- In a culture of silence and job insecurity. Appearing before the authorities / Walter Brueggemann -- Yesterday's victims forgotten / Elie Wiesel -- Letter from a Birmingham jail / Martin Luther King, Jr. -- The cross and the lynching tree / James H. Cone -- Being prophetic takes courage / Leonardo Boff -- In a culture of empire and civil religion. It's not class warfare / Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite -- Global exploitation / Miguel De La Torre -- America the exceptional / Brian McLaren -- Israel, Palestine and Iran / Rabbi Michael Lerner -- Was Jesus subversive? / George Johnson.
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Thought and thinking--Religious aspects--Christianity.