Marcus Borg, Speaking
Christian: Why Christian Words Have Lost Their Meaning and Power – and How They
Can Be Restored (HarperOne, 2011).
Available in hardback, paperback, Kindle, Nook and Audible
Recommended by Edgar Morris
Borg states in the introduction that the book repeats some of the topics he has treated in other books. Since I have only read a couple of his other books, I can only say that I have seen some of the topics before but appreciate his restating of his understanding of them. What he is doing in the book is taking a number of the terms we use fairly routinely in the church and stating what he thinks the terms originally meant as opposed to what many (most?) of us take them to mean now. Throughout, I kept wondering if it is more difficult to redefine the terms and keep using them or if it would be better for the church to begin using new terminology that more correctly conveys what the Christian Faith means in our time. I was not convinced that he answered that question.
I recommend the book but hope you will not hold it against
me if you purchase and read the book and are disappointed.
