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Barcode30293102379935
StatusIn Processing
LocationClark County
Call No250 Bess
TitleBad religion, good news : an honest guide for the spiritually disappointed / Scott A. Bessenecker.
AuthorBessenecker, Scott, author.
CollectionNF
Total Circ0
NumReserves0
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LocationBarcodeCall NoCreated OnIssue NameCirc StatusTemp Loc
Clark County30293102379935250 Bess5/19/2026 In Processing 

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9781513817644 (paperback)
International Standard Book Number 1513817647 (paperback)
Personal Name Bessenecker, Scott, author.
Title Statement Bad religion, good news : an honest guide for the spiritually disappointed / Scott A. Bessenecker.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice Harrisonburg, Virginia : Herald Press, 2026.
Physical Description 175 pages ; 21 cm.
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note Disappointment with God -- Disappointment with the church -- Disappointment with Christian missions -- Disappointment with Christian profits -- Disappointment with Christian violence -- Disappointment with Christian judgment -- Coming out of Babylon.
Summary, Etc. "It's time for the church to confront its checkered past -- and present. Christians have vigorously upheld the evil of slavery in the Americas, apartheid in South Africa, the Crusades, and internment camps. Religious wrongdoing is more than just history. Many today have suffered church-related trauma or have seen loved ones hurt by believers. Some of us have distanced ourselves from the church as a result. Others who have remained, perhaps reluctantly, may feel spiritually depressed from constant disappointment with religious people and institutions. Does admitting this make us bad Christians? As someone who has spent 40 years working for a Christian organization and attending the same local church, author Scott A. Bessenecker has faced plenty of disappointment with the church. Yet has experienced a richer spirituality by honestly facing the harms done by people who profess to follow Jesus. In Bad Religion, Good News, he offers a pathway for holding the historical and ongoing sins of the church alongside our conviction that God is good. Speaking openly about the sins of the church can lead everyday Christians to examine our own entanglement with a spirit of empire and domination and bring recovery from the ways we've been wounded and have wounded others. Healing begins with an honest confrontation of the church's sins-and our complicity in them. This invitational guide will not only help you overcome disappointment with the church, but will invite you to embody the prophetic alternative to power and control that the church was always meant to be."-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Church and social problems.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Interpersonal relations Religious aspects Christianity.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Christian life.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Church controversies.

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