Blake Huggins Reviews ‘A People’s History of Christianity’
Blake Huggins has gotten a a head start in reading and thinking about our next Theology Book Club’s selection – Diana Butler Bass’s A People’s History of Christianity. He won’t give away the ending, but it is worth a read whether you plan on reading the book or not (and you really should.)
I like it. [...]
Our Next Book Selection – Diana Butler Bass’ A People’s History of Christianity
In the same spirit as Howard Zinn’s groundbreaking work The People’s History of the United States, Diana Butler Bass reveals the under-reported movements, personalities, and spiritual practices that continue to inform and ignite contemporary Christian worship, activism, and social justice reforms in the name of Jesus. The book will offer up a much-needed “other side of the story” for progressive Christians, drawing from examples of alternative practices in every period of Christian history, including:
* Care for the environment and celebrating God in nature
* Defining compassion, hospitality, and social justice as the primary function of the church
* Pacifism as the dominant Christian response to war
* Highlighting the female attributes of God
* Celebrating human sexuality as a gift from God
