{"id":4993,"date":"2010-01-20T07:00:39","date_gmt":"2010-01-20T13:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/?p=4993"},"modified":"2010-02-07T00:10:33","modified_gmt":"2010-02-07T06:10:33","slug":"brian-mclaren-a-new-kind-of-christianity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/brian-mclaren-a-new-kind-of-christianity\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian McLaren &#8211; A New Kind of Christianity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/headphonaught\/3104655022\/in\/photostream\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3292\/3104655022_9e26ff8095.jpg\" title=\"Brian McLaren by Headphonaught\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brian McLaren has a new book coming out shortly and Spencer Burke&#8217;s already talking to him about it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>In the book, A New Kind of Christianity, Brian lays out 10 questions people seem to be wrestling with universally.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"questions\">The questions include:<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Narrative Question: What Is the Overarching Storyline of the Bible?\n<\/li>\n<li>The Authority Question: How Should the Bible Be Understood?\n<\/li>\n<li>The God Question: Is God Violent?\n<\/li>\n<li>The Jesus Question: Who is Jesus and Why is He Important?\n<\/li>\n<li>The Gospel Question: What Is the Gospel?\n<\/li>\n<li>The Church Question: What Do We Do About the Church?\n<\/li>\n<li>The Sex Question: Can We Find a Way to Address Sexuality Without Fighting About It?\n<\/li>\n<li>The Future Question: Can We Find a Better Way of View the Future?\n<\/li>\n<li>The Pluralism Question: How Should Followers of Jesus Relate to People of Other Religions?\n<\/li>\n<li>The What Do We Do Now Question: How Can We Translate Our Quest into Action?\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<a name=\"interview\">Watch the interview:<\/a><\/p>\n<!--YouTube Error: bad URL entered-->\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&#038;bc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;fc1=000000&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;t=malesurvival&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;m=amazon&#038;f=ifr&#038;md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&#038;asins=0061853984\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" align=\"right\"><\/iframe>I&#8217;ve always been impressed with McLaren&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/faith\/what-is-emergent-a-generous-orthodoxy\/\">generosity and graciousness<\/a> &#8212; can&#8217;t wait to read his take on these questions &#8212; regardless of whether I agree with his answers or not.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"quest\">And I love this:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Questions can bring you on a new quest. Statements can bring you to a new state, and in the process they can create a lot of debate and sometimes that creates hate. We&#8217;ve got plenty of hate and debate. But questions can lead you on a new quest, which lead you into conversation, which can produce friendship.&#8221; &#8211;  Brian McLaren<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/browseinside.harpercollins.com\/index.aspx?%20isbn13=9780061853982\">Browse the inside of the book.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The book drops Feb. 9 &#8212; and you can pre-order it now on Amazon: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0061853984?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=malesurvival&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0061853984\">A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions That Are Transforming the Faith<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>What&#8217;s the biggest question you&#8217;re wrestling with &#8212; especially as it comes to your faith?<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian McLaren has a new book coming out shortly and Spencer Burke&#8217;s already talking to him about it&#8230; In the book, A New Kind of Christianity, Brian lays out 10 questions people seem to be wrestling with universally. The questions include: The Narrative Question: What Is the Overarching Storyline of the Bible? The Authority Question: &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/brian-mclaren-a-new-kind-of-christianity\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Brian McLaren &#8211; A New Kind of Christianity<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[31,18],"tags":[2924,1374,580,2925],"class_list":["post-4993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-club","category-faith","tag-a-new-kind-of-christianity","tag-book","tag-brian-mclaren","tag-the-ooze"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pEnSo-1ix","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4993\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}