Christianity Without God: Moving Beyond the Dogmas and Retrieving the Epic Moral Narrative

By Daniel C. Maguire

Book Overview

Argues that Christianity does not require its supernatural aspects.

Christianity without an omnipotent god, without a divine savior, without an afterlife? In this bold and hopeful book, theologian Daniel C. Maguire writes that traditional, supernatural aspects of Christianity can be comforting, but are increasingly questionable. A century of scholarly research has not been supportive of the dogmatic triad of personal god, incarnate savior, and life after death. Demonstrating that these beliefs have questionable roots in historical traditions, Maguire argues for a return to that brilliant and revolutionary moral epic of the Hebrew and Christian Bible. Rescued from god, Christianity can offer a realistic global ethic to heal a planet sinking under the effects of our ungrateful mismanagement.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 143845404X
• ISBN13: 9781438454047
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.6"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher