Black Sheep And Prodigals: An Antidote To Black And White Religion [Hardback-2017]Dave Tomlinson

Very interesting, it s all about not alienating people before they even think about crossing the threshold of where you worship. Chris Evans, BBC Radio 2 Do you feel more at home on the edges of faith than at the centre? Would you call yourself a bit of a black sheep? Too often Christian spirituality has been associated with conformity, or a subculture where people don t feel able to ask questions. But Dave Tomlinson, author of How to be a bad Christian, doesn t think it has to be like this; instead, our spiritual communities can be laboratories of the Spirit - places where we can explore issues of faith and spirit with openness, imagination and creativity. Welcome to black sheep spirituality - where doubts and questions are an essential part of faith; where difference of opinion is a sign of a secure community; where divine revelation is embraced wherever it is found - in the arts, science and the natural world as well as religious tradition; and where faith is something that is lived and practised rather than embalmed in beliefs or ritual. Theology for anyone and everyone BBC Radio 2

About the Author

Dave Tomlinson was a house church leader for many years and is now an Anglican priest. Unable to accept the narrow restrictions of his tradition, he founded the legendary Holy Joe s, a church in a pub in Clapham for disaffected church drop-outs. He is now Vicar of St Luke s, Holloway, a thriving parish church in north London. He is the author of the seminal The Post-Evangelical, I Shall t Want and Re-enchanting Christianity, and most recently How to Be a Bad Christian and The Bad Christian s Manifesto.