Harold Munn

Gebundenes Buch

Faith in Doubt

How my Dog Made Me an Atheist and Atheism Made Me a Priest An Experiment in Faith

Illustrator: Lenz, Lena

Beschreibung

What happens when an atheist and a believer find themselves next door neighbours? What happens when religion finds itself in a culture of science and secularism? Could they hold hands? Could they fall in love? Faith in Doubt claims that churches speak about faith and God only from within the world view of an ancient culture-as foreign to modern people as Latin. No wonder there is a precipitous decline in church attendance. Faith in Doubt proposes that churches start a conversation with secularism by learning to speak of faith and God from within the assumptions of modern secular culture. Faith in Doubt explains how. Faith in Doubt follows John, a believer, and his neighbour Rosalind, an atheist professional scientist, through their budding romance as they undergo relationship conflicts paralleling their exploration of each other's opposing views of religion. Can their relationship weather storms of break up, distrust, and deep pain at rejection? Will John and Rosalind-symbolizing faith and science-ever hold hands in a lasting, meaningful relationship? Faith in Doubt grounds the discussion with accounts of real incidents in the author's own life as a child and later as a priest in urban, rural, and First Nations contexts. He experienced disbelief and strains in important relationships-unexpectedly finding those challenges to be sources of new life and joy. Readers, whether believers or not, may discover similar experiences happening in their own lives.

Autor

Reverend Dr. Harold Munn, B.A., M.Div, D.Min, D.D, has lived in, or in close proximity to, many cross-cultural contexts: teaching science in East Africa; with miners in northern B.C.; with oppressed women in Edmonton's inner city; with First Nations villages in the Yukon, on the Naas River, and on Vancouver Island; in Victoria addressing homelessness, addictions, and mental health issues; and in prisons outside Vancouver. He has led congregations ranging from tiny churches in Canada's far north to All Saints' Cathedral in Edmonton, Alberta. Rev. Munn has been active in movements opposing nuclear war, supporting social justice, and urging action to address climate collapse. He is an associate of the international Society for Ordained Scientists, and has received awards for his writing. Rev. Munn lives on the campus of UBC, Vancouver, with his wife of fifty years. They have two adult sons and four grandchildren whom he claims can be scientifically proven to be the most delightful grandkids in the world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: FriesenPress
• Seitenzahl: 390
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 797g
• ISBN-13: 9781039196025
• ISBN-10: 1039196020
• Artikelnr.: 70680508