Spiritual Focus on Books November 19, 2012 Issue

New spiritual awakening

Kim Shippey, Senior Staff Editor

Christianity After Religion
Diana Butler Bass
HarperOne, 2012
294 pages

I have met and talked with Diana Butler Bass, heard her preach, enjoyed one of her public lectures, and read her books. Her latest (and eighth) is titled Christianity After Religion: The End of Church and the Birth of a New Spiritual Awakening. This time, following on her last book, A People’s History of Christianity (see Sentinel, July 26, 2010), Bass offers us even more than we perhaps think we want (or need) to know about  the Church today:

• A new spiritual awakening is playing a significant role in forming the contours of a new kind of faith beyond conventional religious boundaries.

Send a comment to the editors

NEXT IN THIS ISSUE

Article

I am grateful for God