Quiet Faith: An Introvert's Guide to Spiritual Survival by Edwards Judson

Author:Edwards, Judson [Edwards, Judson]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Smyth & Helwys Publishing
Published: 2013-08-20T00:00:00+00:00

NOTES

1. Robert Farrar Capon, Hunting the Divine Fox (New York: Seabury Press, 1974) 39–40.

2. Ibid., 41.

3. Frederick Buechner, Wishful Thinking (New York: Harper & Row, 1973) 95.

4. Anna Quindlen, Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake (New York: Random House, 2012) 42.

5. Kyle Lake, Understanding God’s Will (Lake Mary FL: Relevant Books, 2005) xxvii.

CHAPTER 5

Welcome to McDonald’s

(Can I Survive the Church?)

A clever title can put a book on the bestseller list.

In the 1970s a writer named Fritz Ridenour wrote a book titled How to Be a Christian without Being Religious. The book became a bestseller, and I’m guessing the title had a lot to do with that. Isn’t that what we would all like—to be genuinely Christian without being stuffy and religious?

More recently, Diana Butler Bass has written a book titled Christianity After Religion: The End of Church and the Birth of a New Spiritual Awakening. I think that title has elicited a lot of interest as well. After all, who among us wouldn’t like to move beyond legalistic religion to have a new spiritual awakening? Who among us wouldn’t want to find a faith that goes beyond boring sermons and tired worship services? We would all like to find a Christianity after religion.

I can think of another book title that might capture the attention of a lot of modern readers: How to Be a Christian without Going to Church. I say that because more and more people are finding the church unattractive and opting to attend “Saint Mattress” on Sunday morning. A book suggesting that a person could be a legitimate Christian without having to attend church would probably find a large and receptive audience.

In Christianity After Religion, Diana Butler Bass writes,

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