Christianity After Religion: The End of Church and the Birth of a New Spiritual Awakening

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Diana Butler Bass, one of contemporary Christianity’s leading trend-spotters, exposes how the failings of the church today are giving rise to a new “spiritual but not religious” movement. Using evidence from the latest national polls and from her own cutting-edge research, Bass, the visionary author of A People’s History of Christianity, continues the conversation began in books like Brian D. McLaren’s A New Kind of Christianity and Harvey Cox’s The Future of Faith, examining the connections—and the divisions—between theology, practice, and community that Christians experience today. Bass’s clearly worded, powerful, and probing Christianity After Religion is required reading for anyone invested in the future of Christianity.

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“Bass has done it again! She’s spot on-prophetic, compelling, and most importantly, hopeful.” (Rob Bell, creator of Love Wins)

“Refreshing, evocative, well informed and original.” (Harvey Cox, creator of The Future of Faith)

“Bass explains how experience, connection, and service are replacing theology as keys to the next Great Awakening. It’s a fascinating story.” (Bill McKibben, creator of Earth and founder of 360.org)

“Interesting, insightful, impressive and important.” (Marcus Borg, creator of Speaking Christian)

“…the most important and life-giving book, written by … one of our finest religious writers.” (Parker J. Palmer, creator of Let Your Life Speak)

“Sign up for Bass in rebuilding religion from the bottom up!” (Richard Rohr, O.F.M., Center for Action and Contemplation and creator of Falling Upward)

“It is one blockbuster of an analysis that is also a delight to read.” (Phyllis Tickle, creator of The Great Emergence)

“Diana reminds us here that, before every great awakening, folks say it is unattainable… and after every great awakening, folks say it used to be inevitable.” (Shane Claiborne, creator and activist)

“Of Bass’s many excellent books, this is the most substantive, provocative, and inspiring yet. . . . it leads to a powerful finale of sage guidance for the future.” (Brian D. McLaren, creator of A New Kind of Christianity)

“Bass ably analyzes the struggle for awareness and change that defines spiritual awakening.” (Publishers Weekly Religion Bookline (starred review))

From the Back Cover

The Movement That Is Remaking the Faith

Diana Butler Bass offers a fresh interpretation of the “spiritual but not religious” trend and shares a hope-filled vision for a renewed faith that stays true to the real message of Jesus.

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Diana Butler Bass, one of recent Christianity’s leading trend-spotters, exposes how the failings of the church today are giving rise to a new “spiritual but not religious” movement. The usage of evidence from the contemporary national polls and from her own state of the art research, Bass, the visionary creator of A People’s History of Christianity, continues the conversation began in books like Brian D. McLaren’s A New Kind of Christianity and Harvey Cox’s The Future of Faith, examining the connections—and the divisions—between theology, practice, and community that Christians experience today. Bass’s clearly worded, powerful, and probing Christianity After Religion is required reading for anyone invested someday of Christianity.
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