When faith turns ugly : understanding toxic faith and how to avoid it / / Brian Harris
(Visualizza in formato marc)
(Visualizza in BIBFRAME)
| Autore: |
Harris Brian
|
| Titolo: |
When faith turns ugly : understanding toxic faith and how to avoid it / / Brian Harris
|
| Pubblicazione: | Milton Keynes, England : , : Paternoster, , 2016 |
| ©2016 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (146 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 248.86 |
| Soggetto topico: | Religious addiction - Christianity |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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 | |
| Titolo autorizzato: | When faith turns ugly |
| ISBN: | 1-78078-341-8 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910480572903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |