When faith turns ugly : understanding toxic faith and how to avoid it / / Brian Harris

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910480572903321
• Autore: Harris Brian
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Milton Keynes, England : , : Paternoster, , 2016; ©2016
• ISBN: 1-78078-341-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (146 p.)
• Disciplina: 248.86
• Soggetti: Religious addiction - Christianity; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 Jekyll or Hyde: More Than a Minor Dilemma; A Perplexing Problem; Intra- and Inter-Faith Differences; Faith as an Opiate; Faith as Illusion; Faith as Poisonous; Some Ways Forward; On Not Defending Fundamentalism; In Conversation with Victor Owuor; To Ponder and Discuss; 2 What about Other Religions?; Getting Going; When Faiths Encounter Each Other; But the Bible Is Not Sympathetic to Other Faiths . . .; But I Believe My Faith Is True . . .; What about Different Versions of Our Own Faith?; In Conversation with Lloyd PorterTo Ponder and Discuss; 3 Marx: Faith as Escapism; Religion, the Opiate of the Masses?; Is Worship Escapism?; Is a Contemplative Lifestyle Escapism?; Seven Risks to Watch Out For; In Conversation with Travis Fitch; To Ponder and Discuss; 4 Freud: Faith as Illusion; A Father Christmas Faith?; Extrinsic, Intrinsic and Quest Religious Orientations; The Explanatory Power of the Christian Metanarrative; What Does This Mean?; In Conversation with Yvonne Kilpatrick; To Ponder and Discuss; 5 Hitchens: Faith as Poisonous; An Encouraging Story; Attitudes to Avoid; Systemic RisksRegaining the Right to Be Prophetic; In Conversation with Deborah Hurn; To Ponder and Discuss; 6 And What About . . . ? Some Other Temptations; A Worrying Story; Leadership Traps; Forgetting That People Matter; Cultivating Burnout; Muddled Thinking; In ; Conversation with Dianne Tidball; To Ponder and Discuss; 7 Contours for a Transforming Christian World View; The Link between Belief and Lifestyle; Six Common Problem Areas; Piecing This Together; In Conversation with Stephen O'Doherty; To Ponder and Discuss; 8 Life-Serving Faith: Transformed Individuals; The Big Picture; What 'Whole in Christ' Might Look Like: An Orthopathy FilterWhen Orthodoxy, Orthopraxy and Orthopathy Meet: Ten Signs; Putting It Together; In Conversation with Rob Furlong; To Ponder and Discuss; 9 Life-Serving Faith: The Global Impact; A Heartening Claim; Snapshots from the Early Church; Contemporary Options; In Conversation with Phillip Nash; To Ponder and Discuss; 10 Theology Matters: The Case for a Core Conviction; Some Background; Why This Topic?; Discovering Grenz; The Case for a Core Conviction; In Conversation with Becky Oates; To Ponder and Discuss; 11 A Closing Portrait: The Jesus QuestionThe Jesus Question; The 'I Am' Claims; In Conversation with Peter Christofides; To Ponder and Discuss; Bibliography; Endnotes