Greetings Tom. I would like to add my endorsement to Bill Loader's book Dear Kim as well. Hi book "Jesus and the fundamentalist's of his day" is also a good read.
I would also recommend Paul Collin's book "God's Earth" as a not to hard a read. Allan. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cheryl Lawrie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 9:37 AM Subject: RE: Easy reading - sound theology > Hi Tom, > > I know a couple of congregations who have found Bill Loader's book "Dear > Kim, this is what I believe" an excellent starting point for reading and > reflection. > > The whole book is now available for free download at > http://wwwstaff.murdoch.edu.au/~loader/DearKim.htm. It's slightly revised > from the now out-of-print published edition. > > (and some chapters are available in French also, just in case some of the > congregations in the Mid-Lachlan Mission Area are more comfortable with > that...) > > Cheryl > > __________________________________ > Cheryl Lawrie > Children and Families Coordinator > Uniting Church in Australia, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania > > http://cecm.victas.uca.org.au > Phone +61 3 9852 7433 > Fax +61 3 9852 7483 > > > > On Monday, October 13, 2003 9:13 AM, Tom Stuart [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > I think one of the things that we have learned through this debate about > > homosexuality is the theological and biblical illiteracy of our > > congregations. It is what I have experienced across the Mid-Lachlan > Mission > > Area, and I notice a reference to it in a resolution of the NSW Synod. > > > > > > > > It is not a new realisation that the easy reading material that fills so > > much of our Christian Bookshops is the Christian version of "get rich > quick" > > crap. Most of it seems to be some version of "providence theology". > > > > The vast majority of people in the congregations where I minister find > the > > more serious theological material inaccessible. It is too hard. > > > > I am wondering what books people have found that are easy to read but > draw > > on the rich tradition of faith that is concerned about the priorities of > > Jesus ministry, opening the grace of God to everyone, a priority to the > > poor, subverting domination systems, and finding hope in the hopeless. > > These may be in the form of novels, or parables, children's books, > videos, > > faith sharing books. I feel I need to provide some guidance in selection > of > > reading material around here so that I don't spend all my time battling > on > > Sunday with all the garbage that genuinely committed Christians have been > > reading through the week!! > > > > I'm sure these books are out there. > > > > > > > > Tom > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > www.milman.uniting.com.au > > > > Ph: 6862 5502 Mobile: 0427 625 502 > > > > 14 Bushman St > > > > Parkes NSW 2870 > > > > > > > > 'Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable'. > > > > I prefer to die living than to live dying! > > > > "War is a poor chisel with which to carve out the future." - Martin > Luther > > King, Jr > > > > > > > > > > > > _____ > > > > I've stopped 187 spam messages. You can too! > > One month FREE spam protection at www.cloudmark.com > > <http://www.cloudmark.com/spamnet?v1> > > <http://www.cloudmark.com/spamnet?v1> Cloudmark SpamNet - Join the fight > > against spam! > > > > > > > > > > > > << File: ATT00005.html >> << File: image001.gif >> << File: > sanitizer.log >> > ------------------------------------------------------ > - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) > See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm > ------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------------------------------------------ - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm ------------------------------------------------------
