{"product_id":"god-after-the-church-lost-control-9781032306742","title":"God After the Church Lost Control","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book combines insights from sociology of religion and theology to consider the fundamental changes that have taken place in how people think about God in contemporary Western society. It can be said that God has become irrelevant for many people, often as a result of well-grounded ethical critique of churches. Here the authors argue for the necessity of rethinking God-talk in a pluralist and changing context and for thinking critically about hegemonic ways of speaking about God from a moral and experiential perspective, not only from the point of view of abstract theology. Drawing on empirical material from a Norwegian setting, the book advocates a critical-constructive theology with a notion of God that takes human experience and social change seriously. It depicts a God who is an enabler of moral maturity rather than an authoritarian moral instructor, a God who is on the side of the marginalized and poor, and a challenge to unjust hierarchies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Why this Book? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 On God and change\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Religious trends in Northern Europe – an overview\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Does society shape God?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 The changing Christian God\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 The crisis of theology – and why it matters for speaking about God\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 The morally intolerable God – and the alternative\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 The politically dangerous God – a God of love\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 God as she? Why can’t she be?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 Pluralism challenges notions of God and religious truth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 When God becomes irrelevant to society’s challenges\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 God as vulnerable love?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018963386711,"sku":"9781032306742","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032306742.jpg?v=1750778832","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/god-after-the-church-lost-control-9781032306742","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}