Naked spirituality : a life with God in 12 simple words

Title:

Naked spirituality : a life with God in 12 simple words

Author:

McLaren, Brian D., 1956- author.

Summary:

Brian McLaren describes the flaws in the traditional practices of the Church and suggests twelve practices to help Christians connect with their faith, pray, and lead spiritually oriented lives.

Audience:

Adult Follett Library Resources

Edition:

1st ed.

Physical Description:

viii, 280 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject Term:

Spiritual life -- Christianity.

Prayer -- Christianity.

Christian life.

Publisher:

HarperOne,

Publication Date:

2011

ISBN:

9780061854019

Publication Information:

New York : HarperOne, c2011.

Call Number:

248.3 MCLAREN

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"A rich, brilliant and important book: wonderfully readable and personal, filled with insight and wisdom, it invites us into practices that can transform our lives." --Marcus J. Borg, author of Speaking Christian

"Brian McLaren is a bridge builder. In these simple yet profound spiritual practices he perfectly marries his evangelical heart and contemplative soul, and we are all richer for the union." --Cynthia Bourgeault, author of Centering Prayer and The Wisdom Jesus

In the same way he revitalized our faith in A New Kind of Christianity, church leader Brian McLaren reinvigorates our approach to spiritual fulfillment in Naked Spirituality--by tearing down the old dogmatic practices that hamper our spiritual growth, and leading us toward the meaningful spiritual practices that can help transform our lives.

Author Notes

Brian D. McLaren is a prominent, controversial evangelical pastor. He was recognized as one of Time magazine's "25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America" in 2005, and is the founding pastor of Cedar Ridge Community Church in Spencerville, Maryland.

Born in 1956, Brian McLaren graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park, with BA and MA degrees in English. After several years of teaching English and consulting in higher education, he left academia in 1986 to become the founding pastor of Cedar Ridge Community Church, a nondenominational church in the Baltimore-Washington region. Many of the books that McLaren has authored, including the "A New Kind of Christian" trilogy, deal with Christianity in the context of the cultural shift towards a new emerging church movement.

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McLaren (A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions That Are Transforming the Faith), a leading evangelical author, here addresses America's ever-growing population of the unchurched-the many who consider themselves "spiritual, but not religious." McLaren is considered one of the foremost exponents of postmodern Christian theology, as well as of the "emerging church" movement; this work uses 12 words, such as "here," "now," "sorry," and "help," as the foundations of counsel, insight, and advice for the perhaps extra-ecclesial reader. -VERDICT McLaren's trademark persuasiveness is put to good effect as he continues to shatter paradigms for spiritual seekers. (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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