A New Kind of Christian

Brian McLaren’s ground-breaking book breathes modern spirituality into life through engaging narrative and natural conversation. In reading this bench-mark book, readers will discover an authentic journey towards building a real, authentic faith in our postmodern world.

Half autobiography, half Christian literature, ‘A New Kind of Christian’ was written when Brian was on the verge of quitting his church leadership role and turning his back on Christianity – a feeling most of have once (or twice) in our lives. He began to doubt that any of us Christians are actually Christians, and wanted to open up the floodgates and help like-minded Christians to enter into an important discussion: what makes a good Christian in our new world?

“You see, if we have a new world, we will need a new church. We won’t need a new religion per se, but a new framework for our theology. Not a new Spirit, but a new spirituality. Not a new Christ, but a new Christian. Not a new denomination, but a new kind of church in every denomination.” – taken from ‘The Church on the Other Side’, by Brian McLaren.

‘A New Kind of Christian’ is a creative narrative about two fictional characters who go on a spiritual adventure – Pastor Dan Poole and his daughter’s high school science teacher, Neil Oliver. Together they reflect on faith, doubt and spiritual practise in our new world.

These pages offer spiritual renewal for the confused, the frustrated and the curious. Just because we live in the twenty-first century doesn’t mind Christianity is over! Brian McLaren invites you to become a new kind of Christian.

About the Author

Brian D. McLaren is an author, speaker, pastor and networker among Christian leaders, thinkers and activists. His ground-breaking books include ‘A Generous Orthodoxy’, ‘The Secret Message of Jesus’, ‘A New Kind of Christianity’ and ‘Naked Spirituality’. For 24 years, he served as the founding pastor of Cedar Ridge Community Church in the Washington-Baltimore area. He has been named by Time magazine as one of America’s 25 most influential Evangelicals.