Jesus Christ Superstition
Autor: | Price, Robert M |
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EAN: | 9781634311908 |
Sachgruppe: | Religion/Theologie |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Seitenzahl: | 224 |
Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 04.09.2019 |
Schlagworte: | Religion - Christian Life |
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Robert M. Price, a former Evangelical Christian, examines the confusing intersection of Christianity and superstition by asking questions. Is "practicing the presence of God" actually a variety of paranoia? Is having a "personal relationship with Jesus Christ" really akin to a child playing with an imaginary friend? At what point does a religious belief become an obsessive neurosis? Price finds that the source of superstition in Christianity is the objectification of the transcendent. As a result, he argues, many of the most destructive superstitions within Christianity are inessential accretions to the faith, interfering with life-transforming piety to the glad benefit of many of Christianity's adherents. Christians who believe that an unexamined faith is not worth having will profit from struggling with Jesus Christ Superstition.