Resources
Here are some resources you may find helpful as you explore, learn and grow in your journey of faith and feeling.
Mornings with Schleiermacher: A Devotional Inspired by the Father of Modern Theology
Mornings with Schleiermacher is an introduction to the life and thoughts of the man who became known as the Father of Modern Theology. It is a volume you can explore, enjoy, and interact with as you familiarize yourself with Friedrich Schleiermacher's big ideas. At its core, Mornings is a devotional for personal reflection. But it is also a work that provides multiple pathways toward spiritual growth through daily readings, biography, and the reproduction of Schleiermacher's classic, The Monologen.
Deconstructing Hell: Open and Relational Responses to the Doctrine of Eternal Conscious Torment
Perhaps no modern church dogma has been more destructive to the mission of Jesus, created more atheists, or generated more religious trauma than that of eternal conscious torment (ECT) for the non-believer.
The present volume brings together experts in their fields to take the reader on a historical, philosophical, and theological journey to deconstruct this harmful doctrine.
Along the way, the reader will be not only offered compelling pathways to reconstruct a biblical perspective of 'final punishment,' but ways to heal and move beyond the dire impact of ECT indoctrination.
God Unbound: An Evangelical Reconsiders Tradition in Search of Truth
God Unbound is an important and timely exploration into the shortcomings of the traditional evangelical view of the character of God, addressed from the perspective of an evangelical. Consisting of eight thought-provoking and accessible chapters, questions asked within include:
Is how we define God grounded in the Bible?
Does God truly grant humans free will?
What is the correct response to the problem of pain?
Is eternal suffering in hell a viable reality?
Are the Bible and evolution contradictory?
Does biblical inspiration imply inerrancy?
Are traditional approaches to evangelism adequate?
Bahl provides thoughtful and provocative responses to each of these questions that will challenge the reader to view each through a new lens that inspires a fresh faith.
The Death of Supernaturalism: The Case for Process Naturalism
In Death of Supernaturalism, Chad Bahl offers a bold theological manifesto that critiques the metaphysical assumptions of supernatural theism. He demonstrates the incompatibility between a supernaturalistic worldview and a scientific worldview, and maintains that supernaturalism perpetuates rather than solves the problems of theodicy and divine hiddenness. As a solution, Bahl argues for a process naturalist view of God—one which sees God as relational, persuasive and embedded within the natural world. Bahl is emerging, pastoral voice in the process theology community. This book offers a scholarly yet accessible introduction to his thought.
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