Doubts and loves : what is left of Christianity / Richard Holloway.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holloway, Richard, 1933- author.

Series:

Canons

Canons ; v.104

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 270 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Canongate, [2019]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work argues that it is better to use Christianity as good poetry than as bad science. The author sets out to deconstruct its doctrines, but explains his intentions, which are 'to craft from the Christian past a usable ethic for our own time'.

In this passionate and heartfelt book Richard Holloway interrogates the traditional ways of understanding the Bible. He liberates the power of the great Christian stories from their sometimes antiquated settings, and reveals the essence of Jesus's teachings. In doing so, he shows that the challenge of Jesus remains revolutionary, humane and of immense contemporary importance. Doubts and Loves is a radical but accessible work of scholarship - a blueprint for a new kind of faith, which offers spiritual hope to millions across the world who feel that the Church has lost its way.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Dedication

Epigraph

Table of Contents

Preface

Part One: The Shaking Of The Foundations

Chapter One: The End Of Christianity

Chapter Two: Burning Bright

Chapter Three: Where All The Ladders Start

Chapter Four: Cracking The Code

Part Two: Rebuilding The Ruins

Chapter Five: Go Down Moses

Chapter Six: Blaming Eve

Chapter Seven: Heart Of Darkness

Chapter Eight: Get Out Of Jail Free

Chapter Nine: The Big Bang

Chapter Ten: Putting It All Together

Chapter Eleven: The Old Firm

Part Three: What Is Left Of Christianity

Chapter Twelve: The Outsider

Chapter Thirteen: Unconquered Hope

Chapter Fourteen: Rewinding The Past

Chapter Fifteen: For Love Of The World

Afterword

Notes

Select Bibliography

Index

Acknowledgements.

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781847676764

1847676766

OCLC:

1255237660