The Future of Faith
Written by Harvey Cox
Narrated by Don Hagen
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About this audiobook
“A beautiful book and a Cox classic….Readers will be grateful that they joined him on his journey.” —E.J. Dionne Jr., author of Souled Out
“Insightful, provocative, and inspiring—I even found myself uttering a hearty evangelical ‘Amen!’” —Richard Mouw, President, Fuller Theological Seminary, and author of Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport
The Future of Faith is Harvard religion scholar Harvey Cox’s landmark exploration of why Christian dogmatism is giving way to a grassroots Christianity rooted in social justice and spirituality. Cox laid the groundwork for modern religious writing with his 1965 classic, The Secular City, paving the way for writers like Diana Butler Bass, Karen Armstrong, Stephen Prothero, and Deepak Chopra, who calls The Future of Faith “a fresh vision for the resurrection of a new global Christianity.”
Harvey Cox
Harvey Cox is the Hollis Research Professor of Divinity at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1965, both at Harvard Divinity School and in the Harvard Fac- ulty of Arts and Sciences. His classic book The Secular City is widely regarded as one of the twentieth century's most influential books of Protestant theology. He is also the author of The Future of Faith. Cox lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A celebrated professor and theologian at Harvard Divinity School, Harvey Cox is a prolific writer who focuses on the intersection of religion and culture. The Future of Faith (2009) posits that Christianity is now entering its third Age. The Age of Faith, starting with Christ and his disciples, lasted for a couple centuries, and is characterized by explosive growth in decentralized groups energetically living to create God's Kingdom on Earth. With Contantine's legitimization of Christianity, with its attendant clerical class, the Age of Belief emerged. Taking us up to recent times, this era has seen Christianity become bogged down in creeds and 'belief' which are stated checklists as to membership. Cox sees these as being used, not so much to differentiate Christians from those of other faith traditions, but to attack and persecute other Christians for not quite measuring up to whatever standard is in vogue. I found most interesting our current transition to the Age of the Spirit with revitalized centers in the Africa, South America, and Asia (outside of the traditional Western strongholds.) The focus is less on hierachy and doctrine and more on a vigorous localized spirituality living out Christ's calling. Cox sees movement away from concern over the afterlife and more to active participation in our world.Those coming from a strongly creedal tradition might find some of his statements oversimplifying. For those, this book offers the opportunity to honor creedal heritage and foundation, while enriching it with a renewed faith and spirituality. I like that Cox emphasized less tenets 'about' Jesus than faith 'in' him, with 'faith' being more related to awe, love and wonder.