Thieves in the Temple The Christian Church and the Selling of the American Soul

Author/creator MacDonald, G. Jeffrey Author
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Basic Books New York : Perseus Books Group [Distributor]
Description264 p. 08.250 x 05.500 in.
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Summary Annotation Though waves of cynics and atheists claim that America is too religious, G. Jeffrey MacDonald disagrees. Americas churches, he argues, have abandoned their sacred role as dispensers of community values, and instead are increasingly serving up entertainment, aerobics, yoga classes, and other services that have nothing to do with religious faith. As religion becomes more consumer-oriented, congregants are able to avoid the moral, intellectual, and theological commitments Christianity requires by simply joining a differentand less rigorouschurch. Grounded in journalism, personal experience, and Christian theology, Thieves in the Temple is an impassioned and provocative cri de coeur for a new religious reformation. Incisively critiquing todays dangerous movement away from true religion, MacDonald demonstrates just how much Americans stand to lose when churches sell their souls to recruit parishioners.
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