{"product_id":"the-great-spiritual-migration-isbn-9781601427922","title":"The Great Spiritual Migration","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Christian story, from Genesis until now, is fundamentally about   people on the move—outgrowing old, broken religious systems and embracing   new, more redemptive ways of life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e It’s time to move again.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Brian McLaren, a leading voice in contemporary religion, argues   that— notwithstanding the dire headlines about the demise of faith and drop   in church attendance—Christian faith is not dying. Rather, it is embarking on   a once-in-an-era spiritual shift. For millions, the journey has already   begun.  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Drawing from his work as global activist, pastor, and public   theologian, McLaren challenges readers to stop worrying, waiting, and   indulging in nostalgia, and instead, to embrace the powerful new   understandings that are reshaping the church. In \u003ci\u003eThe Great Spiritual   Migration\u003c\/i\u003e, he explores three profound shifts that define the change: \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e∙\u003c\/b\u003e Spiritually, growing numbers of Christians are moving away from   defining themselves by lists of beliefs and toward a way of life defined by   love\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e∙\u003c\/b\u003e Theologically, believers are increasingly rejecting the image of   God as a violent Supreme Being and embracing the image of God as the renewing   Spirit at work in our world for the common good \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e∙\u003c\/b\u003e Missionally, the faithful are identifying less with organized   religion and more with organizing religion—spiritual activists dedicated to   healing the planet, building peace, overcoming poverty and injustice, and   collaborating with other faiths to ensure a better future for all of us\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e With his trademark brilliance and compassion, McLaren invites   readers to seize the moment and set out on the most significant spiritual   pilgrimage of our time: to help Christianity become more Christian.“Provocative and powerful.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Nicholas Kristof, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e“This is Brian McLaren's finest book: a beautiful exploration of a hopeful, joyful, mystical, and just faith that invites Christians to move from fear to love.  On every page, he calls out to longing readers, ‘Don't give up. A better world, a better way of belief is possible.’ And he is right.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Diana Butler Bass, author of \u003ci\u003eGrounded: Finding God in the World—A Spiritual Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \"Anything written by Brian McLaren is always filled with insight, courage, and creative theology, refining the meaning of orthodoxy in our time.  Read this and surely enjoy it, for it will assure you that you are not crazy making in what you are seeing and suffering today.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Richard Rohr, author of \u003ci\u003eFalling Upward\u003c\/i\u003e, founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \"With the wisdom of a seasoned teacher and the compassion of a dear friend, Brian McLaren once again pastors the reader through some of the most pressing and important questions of our time.  \u003ci\u003eThe Great Spiritual Migration\u003c\/i\u003e puts into words what so many people of faith are experiencing, and in a way that is at once accessible and profound, challenging and deeply comforting. You will reach the final page feeling inspired, understood, and a little less alone. McLaren's writing has long been a gift to the Church, and to the world. This may be his most important work yet.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Rachel Held Evans, author of \u003ci\u003eSearching for Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A refreshingly honest, totally committed, enriching and profound analysis of the Spiritual Moment that is changing all our lives. If you are concerned—and at the same time excited—by what is going in churches these days, read this book. Both hope and a path to it await you here.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Joan Chittister, author of \u003ci\u003eBetween the Dark and the Daylight\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \"I have such respect for Brian McLaren; I would follow him anywhere, and so should you. Follow him out of fruitless dualities and false polarities. Follow him on a restless journey, a quest, a spiritual migration from an apathetic facade of a faith to a joyfully questioning, boundary crossing, ethical spectacle of a faith. This well-conceived, intelligent, warm, truthful book is our guide to a space where a life of faith is defined by love-in-action.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Dr. Jacqui Lewis, senior minister, Middle Collegiate Church \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “McLaren continues to have his finger on the pulse of a new kind of Christianity that challenges familiar and limiting structures of faith. A prophetic and winsome invitation for all the join the work of the Spirit in spiritual, theological, and missional transformation.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Peter Enns, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sin of Certainty: Why God Desires Our Trust More Than Our “Correct” Beliefs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Brian McLaren is a leading thinker in articulating the disenchantment so many of us feel regarding Americanized Christianity and the hope we have that there is, as McLaren says, \"a better way to be Christian.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Great Spiritual Migration\u003c\/i\u003e calls us, not to wander aimlessly in the wilderness of pseudo-spirituality, but to follow Jesus forward into the promised land of a more authentic Christian faith. I applaud this important and encouraging book!”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Brian Zahnd, author of \u003ci\u003eA Farewell To Mars\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWater To Wine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian D. McLaren\u003c\/b\u003e is a Christian thinker, author, and activist. A former pastor with a background in literature, McLaren is the author of over a dozen books, an Auburn Senior Fellow, and board chair of Convergence (convergenceus.org).Author of the A New Kind of Christian trilogy and A Generous Orthodoxy","brand":"Convergent Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302769774821,"sku":"NP9781601427922","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781601427922.jpg?v=1767739651","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-great-spiritual-migration-isbn-9781601427922","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}