Christianity After Religion: The End of Church and the Birth of a New Spiritual Awakening

by Diana Butler Bass

Overview

The Movement That Is Remaking the Faith

Diana Butler Bass offers a fresh interpretation of the "spiritual but not religious" trend and shares a hope-filled vision for a renewed faith that stays true to the real message of Jesus.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062003744
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	03/05/2013
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	294
Sales rank:	165,799
Product dimensions:	5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.68(d)

About the Author

Diana Butler Bass is a regular commentator on religion, politics, and culture for media outlets nationwide. The author of A People's History of Christianity and Christianity for the Rest of Us, Bass holds a Ph.D. in religious studies from Duke University and lives in Alexandria, Virginia.

Table of Contents

The Beginning 1

Part I The End of Religion

1 The End of the Beginning 11

2 Questioning the Old Gods 39

3 When Religion Fails 65

Part II A New Vision

4 Believing 103

5 Behaving 137

6 Belonging 169

7 The Great Reversal 199

Part III Awakening

8 Great Awakening 217

9 Performing Awakening 253

Acknowledgments 271

Notes 275

Index 288

What People are Saying About This

Parker J. Palmer

“…an important and life-giving book, written by … one of our finest religious writers.”

Brian D. McLaren

“Of Bass’s many excellent books, this is the most substantive, provocative, and inspiring yet. . . . it leads to a powerful finale of sage guidance for the future.”

Rob Bell

“Bass has done it again! She’s spot on-prophetic, compelling, and most importantly, hopeful.”

Shane Claiborne

“Diana reminds us here that, before every great awakening, folks say it is impossible... and after every great awakening, folks say it was inevitable.”

Harvey Cox

“Refreshing, evocative, well informed and original.”

Richard Rohr

“Join Bass in rebuilding religion from the bottom up!”

Phyllis Tickle

“It is one blockbuster of an analysis that is also a delight to read.”

Marcus Borg

“Interesting, insightful, impressive and important.”

Bill McKibben

“Bass explains how experience, connection, and service are replacing theology as keys to the next Great Awakening. It’s a fascinating story.”

Editorial Reviews

Bass has done it again! She’s spot on-prophetic, compelling, and most importantly, hopeful.

Rob Bell

Refreshing, evocative, well informed and original.

Harvey Cox

Bass explains how experience, connection, and service are replacing theology as keys to the next Great Awakening. It’s a fascinating story.

Bill McKibben

…an important and life-giving book, written by … one of our finest religious writers.

Parker J. Palmer

Join Bass in rebuilding religion from the bottom up!

Richard Rohr

It is one blockbuster of an analysis that is also a delight to read.

Phyllis Tickle

Diana reminds us here that, before every great awakening, folks say it is impossible... and after every great awakening, folks say it was inevitable.

Shane Claiborne

Of Bass’s many excellent books, this is the most substantive, provocative, and inspiring yet. . . . it leads to a powerful finale of sage guidance for the future.

Brian D. McLaren

Interesting, insightful, impressive and important.

Marcus J. Borg

Christianity is changing in radical ways. In fact, according to adept faith watcher Diana Butler Bass (A People's History of Christianity; Christianity for the Rest of Us), the church as we have known is steadily becoming a thing of the past. Her provocative examination of this evolving situation will be read with interest by readers of books like Brian McLaren's A New Kind of Christianity and Harvey Cox's The Future of Faith.

— Jane Love

Interesting, insightful, impressive and important.

Marcus Borg