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readermeginco's review against another edition
4.0
A great summary of the theologian's work and thoughts. I did wish at times that he would have gone into a bit more detail rather than just giving us the history of his thinking. I will re-read this, as I regularly re-read his other works. He remains my favorite theologian because of his ability to contextualize Jesus.
vickysimpson's review against another edition
5.0
Overall I really liked this book. It's given me lots to think about and many questions, but has also settled some things in my soul. I need to re-read it and take notes!
akingston5's review against another edition
“Imagine that Christianity is about loving God. Imagine that it’s not about the self and its concerns, about “what’s in it for me,” whether that be a blessed afterlife or prosperity in this life. Imagine that loving God is about being attentive to the one in whom we live and move and have our being. Imagine that it is about loving what God loves. Imagine how that would change our lives. Imagine how it would change American Christianity and its relation to American politics and economics and our relationship to the rest of the world. Imagine how it would change our vision of what this world, the humanly created world, might, could, and should be like.”
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This is a re-reader for sure. I’m thankful for the concrete language Borg gives to so many theological questions and ideas I’ve been wrestling with, and how it all just points back to loving other people well. It’s not a dense read, but there’s a lot to unpack. Check out this book!
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This is a re-reader for sure. I’m thankful for the concrete language Borg gives to so many theological questions and ideas I’ve been wrestling with, and how it all just points back to loving other people well. It’s not a dense read, but there’s a lot to unpack. Check out this book!
john_hewitt's review against another edition
4.0
“Loving what God loves, participating in God’s passion for a different kind of world, includes becoming passionate about God’s dream: a world of fairness in which everybody has enough of the material basis of existence and in which there is no violence and war. Utopian? Yes. Impossible to achieve? In its fullness, probably. But can there be greater approximations of it? Yes. Only the privileged who wish to defend their privilege, or the victimized who have given up on anything really changing and resigned themselves to their fate might say ‘no.’ But for Christians who take the Bible and Jesus seriously, it is the only world worth dreaming about —and striving toward. Loving God means participating in God’s passion for that kind of world.”
jeannemurray3gmailcom's review against another edition
5.0
This book means a lot to me. I really appreciate a theologian that knows his history as well as his beliefs, and this is Marcus Borg. The essentials of Progressive Christianity are written about from a personnel viewpoint.
brimcnull's review against another edition
4.0
I am very glad I read this book. I came from a background that claimed Borg was a "heretic." Thankful I am in a different ministry setting now. Our church read this over the summer and Borg brought rich commentary on what it means to be a [progressive] Christian. I am grateful for Borg's writing and his emphasis on justice and love.
rtwilliams16's review against another edition
4.0
Borg's book is about his evolution into a progressive Christian and what that means to him. Borg described his childhood as being raised in a more fundamentalist tradition and that over time he let certain tenets go. In his book he focuses on how some Biblical stories should be taken metaphorically rather than literally, how salvation is more about the transformation in this life, and the importance of helping the poor and promoting nonviolence in our chaotic world. He also makes the argument that early Christianity and the Eastern Orthodox Church is more in line with this thinking. I actually had the privilege to hear Borg speak almost 10 years ago when I was in college. He was a well written theologian whose work is understandable to a general audience.
soizig_golde's review against another edition
4.0
I love Marcus Borg’s lucid, gentle, humble voice. There was a lot in this book that was already said in Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time, but it was still well worth reading, if only for the chapters about Christianity and politics.