RESOURCES
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 AND  THE  FOLLOWING  RESOURCES

QUESTIONING CHRISTIANITY 

Common Dreams 2     Canberra Affirmation    Phoenix Affirmations    
Adelaide Affirmation    Bishop J S Spong Calendar

  BOOKS   STUDIES   CD-DVD   REFLECTIONS   SERMONS  
LITURGIES  CHILDREN   PRAYER   MEDITATION

BOOKS 

1. A Short History of Myth, Karen Armstrong
    
2. A History of God, (The 4000 year quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam)
   
3. A New Spiritual Home.    Hal Taussig
    
4. Binding the Strong Man: A Political Read of Mark's Story of Jesus. Ched Myers  - Orbis 1997
   
5. Did God have a wife, William Dever (folk religion in ancient Israel – Archaeology)  ISBN  08028-2852-3
   
6. From Jesus to Christianity, L. Michael White, ISBN 0-06-052655-6
   
7. God’s Earth,  (Religion as if matter really mattered) Paul Collins
   
8. God’s Funeral, A. N. Wilson
   
9. God’s Politics.  Jim Wallis. Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Don’t Get it.  (Sojourners.)
   
10. In Search of Paul, Crossan and Reed, ISBN 0-06-051457-4
    
11. James the brother of Jesus (unlocking early Christianity and the dead see scrolls) ISBN 0-14-02.5773 X
    
12. Jesus for the Non Religious, John Shelby Spong.  ISBN 978-0-06-076207-0
    
13. Jesus of Nazareth: King of the Jews. Paula Fredricksen - Vintage 2000
    
14. Misquoting Jesus, Bart D. Ehrman,  ISBN 13:978-0-621413-9
    
15. Models of God, Sallie McFague
    
16. On Purpose, (A new way of thinking for the new Millenium) Charles Birch
    
17. Our Endangered Values.  Jimmy Carter.  America’s Moral Crises
    
18. Preaching Mark in Two Voices, by Brian K. Blount and Gary W. Charles, ISBN 0-664-22393
    
19. Putting Away Childish Things, (myths behind church doctrines distort Jesus’ Message) Uta Ranke-Heinemann
    
20. Reading the Bible Again For the First Time: Taking the Bible Seriously But Not Literally. Marcus Borg
    
21. Reinventing Paul. Paul G. Gager - Oxford University Press 2000
    
22. Secrets from the Lost Bible, Kenneth Hanson, ISBN 1-57178-168-4
    
23. Spirit Matters.  Michael Lerner.  Global healing and the wisdom of the soul
    
24. The Acts of Jesus, Robert Funk & The Jesus Seminar
    
25. The Alphabet & the Goddess, Leonard Shlian (the conflict between word and image) ISBN  0-14-01.9601-3
    
26. The Bible Unearthed, Israel Finkelstein,  ISBN  0-684-86912-8 (Archaeology)
    
27. The Brother of Jesus, Jeffery J. Butz,  ISBN 1-59477-043-3
    
28. The Coming of the Cosmic Christ, Mathew Fox.
    
29. The Dishonest Church, Jack Good
    
30. The Five Gospels.   Robert Funk & The Jesus Seminar
    
31. The Gospel According to Jesus, Stephen Mitchell
    
32. The Great Turning, (from empire to earth community) David C Korten
    
33. The Great Transformation,  (The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions) Karen Armstrong 
    
34. The Jesus Mysteries, Timothy Freke $ Peter Gandy, ISBN 0-609-80798-6
    
35. The Last Week, Marcus Borg & John Dominic Crossan
    
36. The Left Hand of God.  Michael Lerner. Taking back our country from the Religious Right.
    
37. The Magdalene Legacy, Laurence Gardner,  ISBN  0-00-720186-9
    
38. The Mind of God, Paul Davies
    
39. The Spirituality Revolution.  David Tacey
    
40. With or Without God.  Gretta Gosper.  Book Study Guide.  Progressive Christianity Canada
    
41. Why Fundamentalism Will Fail.  Harvey Cox.   Nov. 8 2009
    
42. Why the Religious Right is Wrong. Robin Meyers.  A Manifesto.

STUDIES

The Study Guide for "With or Without God:-
"Why the Way We Live is More Important than What We Believe"  See article / review on "Focusing" page

The WEBSITE  www.withorwithoutgod.ca is devoted to online study resources which may be used in conjunction with Gretta Vosper's With or Without God:  why the way we live is more important than what we believe. This resource is in answer to the many requests for materials to support leaders of small book-study groups. Here's how it works:

Purchase your login & password. Cost is $24 (taxes included). This gives you access for 90 days to:  tips for effective leadership within a potentially resistant faith community.

• A chapter-by-chapter set of resources that includes a chapter summary, a comprehensive set of questions, and extensive online resources that can be used to support and supplement discussion. You will find here more resources than you could ever possibly use. 

Cut-and-paste. Cherry pick questions and issues for discussion that seem best suited to the needs of your own community, then pull in those supplementary resources that match those concerns.
PURCHASE THE BOOK  at Canadian Centre for Progressive Christianity  (ca$25 + p&h) 
OR USE The Online Purchase form

Why Fundamentalism Will Fail. Harvey Cox. 2009

CD-VD
Sacred Hearts  -  Secret Music    Sarah Dunant.   Companion to book of the same name.  Women in the 16th century and since. 

 

REFLECTIONS
Bondi Chapel By The Sea - Bondi Chapel By The Sea

SERMONS
Rev. Colin Gurteen. West End Uniting    Blogspot
Rex AE Hunt, St James, Canberra.  Years A-B-C, 2007-2009
Rev. Clive H Norton.  Pentecost 2009
 

 LITURGIES
Good Friday Way of the Cross  An ecumenical liturgy for the streets of West End, Brisbane
Rex AE Hunt. St James, Canberra. Years A-B-C, 2007-2009

CHILDREN
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PRAYER
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MEDITATION
If Only I Knew ........ how to talk about dying.   Palliative Care.   From Hopewell Centre. (June 2010)

Last updated: 31 August 2010