Naked Spirituality: A Life with God in 12 Simple Words

Book, 2011, 280 pp
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Christianity is in crisis. Many sincere Christians feel their traditional Christian practices are in danger of becoming irrelevant, empty rituals. In his previous book A New Kind of Christianity, Brian D. McLaren offered new biblical models for how we understand the central ideas of a faith that provides hope for restoring and reinvigorating the power of the gospels to transform us and our communities.

In Naked Spirituality, McLaren takes his prophetic work a step further by confronting how the lack of a simple, doable, durable spirituality undermines the very transformation God is calling us to undergo. As a result, our religious structures become tools to maintain the status quo and not catalysts for personal and social change.

McLaren presents a four-stage framework for understanding the spiritual life, and he unfolds spiritual practices appropriate to each stage. Each practice is rooted in a simple word: here, thanks, O, sorry, help, please, when, no, why, behold, yes, and silence.

Naked Spirituality offers accessible, practical wisdom for living a truly spiritual life. Staying true to Jesus' core message while engaging faithfully with our postmodern world, McLaren presents a proven spiritual program for engaging in and sustaining a meaningful relationship with God.

Also see a related podcast episode where McLahren discusses the book (59:08 min).
TypePrint
GenreBiography/Memoir
ExpressionGeneral Writing/Recording
TopicFaith Formation
AudienceAdults
LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN9780061854019

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