A House for Hope. The Promise of Progressive Religion for the Twenty-First Century.

BUEHRENS, JOHN A. & REBECCA ANN PARKER [EDS.].

ISBN 10: 0807001503 / ISBN 13: 9780807001509

Published by Boston, Beacon Press 2011, 2011

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Original publisher's paperback, pictorial frontcover, 8vo: xxvi, 184pp., Very fine copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A House for Hope. The Promise of Progressive Religion for the Twenty-First Century.
• Publisher: Boston, Beacon Press 2011
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807001503
• ISBN 13: 9780807001509
• Binding: Soft cover

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Synopsis

For over a generation, conservative religion has seemed dominant in America. But there are signs of a strengthening liberal religious movement. For it to flourish, laypeople need a sense of their theological heritage. A House for Hope lays out, in lively and engaging language, the theological house that religious liberalism has inherited—and suggests how this heritage will need to be spiritually and theologically transformed. With chapters that suggest liberal religious commitment is based on common hopes and an expansive love for life, A House for Hope shows how religious liberals have countered fundamentalists for generations, and provides progressives with a theological and spiritual foundation for the years ahead.

About the Author

John A. Buehrens was president of the Unitarian Universalist Association from 1993 to 2001 and is now minister of the First Parish Church in Needham, Massachusetts. He is coauthor of A Chosen Faith and author of Understanding the Bible.
 
Rebecca Ann Parker is president of and professor of theology at Starr King School for the Ministry in Berkeley, California, and coauthor of Saving Paradise and Proverbs of Ashes. An ordained United Methodist minister, Parker has dual fellowship with the United Methodist Church and the Unitarian Universalist Association.