EXPLORING FAITH & SPIRITUALITY
THE GIFT OF YEARS
By Sr Joan Chittester
This book ‘reflects on many aspects of aging, the purposes and concerns, the struggles and surprises, the potential and the joys… encourages us to cherish the blessings of aging and to overcome its challenges’.
BACKYARD THEOLOGY
Conversation starters on faith, life and leadership
By Andrew Dutney
Andrew Dutney is a theologian who tells a good story and loves a good conversation. He is passionate about stories and conversations that enable people to notice and name their encounters with God and with their own spiritual selves. Together with his skill at explaining Christian faith and theology in the light of current public issues, this passion has made him a favourite guest speaker at church and community events throughoutAustralia.
THE FUTURE OF FAITH
By Harvey Cox
Legendary Harvard religion scholar Harvey Cox offers up a new interpretation of the history and future of religion. Cox identifies three fundamental shifts over the last 2,000 years of church history:
The Age of Faith was when the early church was more concerned with following Jesus’ teachings than enforcing what to believe about Jesus.
The Age of Belief marks a significant shift-between the fourth and twentieth centuries-when the church focused on orthodoxy and right beliefs.
The Age of the Spirit, that began in the 1960s and is shaping not just Christianity but other religious traditions today, is ignoring dogma and breaking down barriers between different religions. Spirituality is replacing formal religion.
Reflecting on how his own faith journey mirrors these three historical shifts, Cox personalizes the material in a compelling, practical ways. The Future of Faith is a major statement by one of the most revered theologians today.
IN THE END– THE BEGINNING
The Life of Hope
By Jurgen Moltmann
“In every end, there is a new beginning-“
Jurgen Moltmann’s words are words of hope in the times that we are living when we are daily faced with natural disasters, war catastrophies, terrorist attacks. He uncovers the grace-filled beginnings of peace and the love of life that God is already making present to us and the whole creation.
SEVEN WAYS TO CHANGE THE WORLD
Reviving Faith and Politics
By Jim Wallis
Jim Wallis is the leading figure at the crossroads of religion and politics in America today. He is the founder of Sojourners, a US network of progressive Christians working for justice and peace.
His book offers a plan for solving some of the biggest issues of our time: poverty, and economic justice, global warming, HIV/AIDS, human trafficking, genocide and the ethics of war. He looks at these problems with a passion and inspiration, combined with spiritual ethical and moral implications to work towards the “common good” and bring about social reform.
Books for Progressive Christians
List of Progressive Christianity Books(PDF)