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No Faith In Religion
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If religion is characterised by the recruitment of God to serve our agendas, and faith is about putting our agendas at the service of God, then clearly there is too much religion in the world, and not enough faith. The first eight chapters of this book apply this religion/faith dichotomy to some crucial areas of interest to those exploring what it might mean to be people of faith in a world saturated with religion. The remaining chapters address issues of crucial importance to the future of organised religion in general, and the role of the Church of England in particular. From mediaeval polyphony to Andrew Lloyd Webber the development of a given theme through a sequence of variations has proved attractive to composers anxious to demonstrate the sometimes surprising potential of a simple melody. "No Faith in Religion" is a modest attempt to do something similar with two concepts, religion and faith, which are usually seen as simply synonymous but which are in fact subtly different and subject to being interwoven in numerous complex and unexpected ways.
No Faith In Religion by John Saxbee was published by John Hunt Publishing in September 2009. The ISBN for No Faith In Religion is 9781846942204.
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Helen Hancox, via The Good Book StallI'd read good reviews of No Faith in Religion and it has been chosen as a book to discuss in my church housegroup so I was looking forward to reading something that sounded so interesting.
I found the book started very slowly. I couldn't quite get my head around the main points that John Saxbee was trying to make and found I was wading through the pages without truly becoming engaged. I found the quality of the editing/proofing very poor - it was littered with grammatical and other errors - and would also have been a smoother read with footnotes rather than references within the text as there were so many. However at about the halfway point my interest kicked in and I began to really enjoy this read.
Saxbee writes from a liberal Christian perspective but is clearly well-read and is able to show the strengths and weaknesses of many different positions in the church. His underlying theme is that 'religion' isn't what we should be aiming for, but 'faith', and that so many of the problems besetting the church and Christianity in general are difficulties of religion, not faith. He had a very interesting chapter about Victorian sceptics who converted to Christianity later in their lives, portraying it as an understanding of faith in Jesus rather than an adherence to the Christian religion.
This was a worthwhile and thought-provoking book, well written (apart from the proofing issues) and wide-ranging and it's worth a read for all those who want to think about true faith in a world saturated with religion.
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Details for No Faith In Religion
| Author / Artist | John Saxbee |
| Book Format | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Hunt Publishing (September 2009) |
| Weight | 204g |
| Number of Pages | 171 |
| Thickness | 10 mm |
| Height | 216 mm |
| Width | 140 mm |
| ISBN | 9781846942204 |
| ISBN-10 | 1846942209 |
| Product Code | 1888402 |
| Page last updated | 25th March 2018 |
