“I am not arguing that an inquisitive Christianity that strives for intellectual honestly is in itself superior to orthodox Christianity. I am contending, however, that it is an alternative, valid version of the Christian faith.”
Biblical scholar and Southern Baptist minister Clayton Sullivan brings together the latest work on the historical Jesus and offers four new strategies to help Christians find a faith that is consistent with the best scholarship available. Sullivan looks at some major questions – what was Jesus’ main message, what was his attitude toward non-Jews, and more – and uses these to propose ways to rescue Jesus from the creedal prison that orthodox Christianity has put him in.
This engaging and convincingly written work of personal and pastoral theology helps free Jesus from orthodox Christian dogma.
Library Journal
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“Highly readable, this book is designed to force Christian leaders into a new honesty and the Christian Church into a New Reformation. It challenges deeply the formulas of traditional orthodoxy, but does so by quoting from the very sources from which orthodoxy claims its authority. Sullivan’s words should be heeded by all seekers of truth.”
John Shelby Spong, author of A New Christianity for a New World |
