Why getting heard requires some radical re-thinking

Why getting heard requires some radical re-thinking

In a bewildering world there’s a new book to help us make sense of it all.

‘The Church has a Past: Has it got a Future? is a work of journalism as much as theology,’ explains its author Rev Andy Roland (pictured). ‘It’s for anyone wondering how the church – and faith –can engage honestly with the real world we live in today.’

Available on the Rev Andy Books stand at CRE 25, the book has three sections:

• The last 2000 years – not what the Church was preaching but what different societies were asking.  Chapters include Jesus and Gentiles, Barbarians, Middle Ages, Reformation etc.
• By 2000 our society wasn’t asking any questions of the Church – so every change and development of the past 25 years is described, from CRISPR gene-editing to AI, from video games to gender identities, from social media to crypto currencies.
• Being Credible in the Post-Modern World addresses 18 crunch issues, such the natural history of religion, faith in a world of faiths and a history of Hell.

‘Some of these issues need radical rethinking by Christians if we are even to be heard by wider society,’ says Andy, who read history and theology at Oxford and Durham and was vicar of All Saints, Hackbridge and Beddington Corner for over 20 years. ‘Others challenge the secular mindset.’

He will speak at CRE 25 on the book (11am, Thu 16 Oct, Talks Area 2).

• Rev Andy Books are on stand O6 at CRE 25

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