The World to Come: From Christian Past to Global Future |
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Lloyd George Geering
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Pages: 192 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0944344763
Pub: Polebridge Press
Pub date: 1999-10
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 571618
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A Global Faith For The Future (1/1 people found this helpful)
In THE WORLD TO COME Lloyd Geering begins by describing the disintegration of Christian orthodoxy and the failure of Christian modernism to rescue it. This does not mean the end of Christian influence, however, since the post-Christian age that is now beginning still owes much to its Christian heritage.
The most important trend influencing the future of the world, in the author's opinion, is globalization. Geering contends that we are slowly becoming aware of the fact that we all share a common destiny even though our actions do not yet show any widespread consciousness of this fact as we continue to battle each other and treat the earth with disregard. In order to save ourselves from several possible devastating scenarios, the author suggests we adopt a new spirituality which will serve the whole of humankind in much the same way that the great traditional religions have served their own cultures in the past.
Geering writes with clarity and he is very knowledgeable about Christian heritage. The most interesting part of the book is probably the last chapter in which the author attempts to describe a potential global faith for the future. THE WORLD TO COME is a provocative book which deserves to be read by anyone interested in the fate of the planet and its inhabitants.
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