The Church has a Past - has it got a Future?

<p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(33 29 30 1)>The book is packed full of history and enormous challenges.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(33 29 30 1)>It is an adventurous journey through the history of the Church and asks important questions for its future. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(33 29 30 1)>A well-crafted and fascinating pilgrimage stopping often to be refreshed and challenged.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(33 29 30 1)>Andy Roland considers three fundamental questions:</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(33 29 30 1)>Where were we? Where are we? Where could we be?</span></p><ol><li><span style=color: rgba(33 29 30 1)>CONTINUING CONVERSATIONS</span></li></ol><p><span style=color: rgba(33 29 30 1)>During 2000 years of Christianity what questions arose from society to which the Church could give a response?</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(33 29 30 1)>(spoiler alert - the questions kept changing)</span></p><ol><li><span style=color: rgba(33 29 30 1)>NEW WORLD/NEW CONSCIOUSNESS</span></li></ol><p><span style=color: rgba(33 29 30 1)>All major changes and developments since 2000 are described: from liberalism to autocracy from graphene to CRISPR from sexualities to AI from mindfulness to food banks.</span></p><ol><li><span style=color: rgba(33 29 30 1)>BEING CREDIBLE IN THE POST-MODERN WORLD</span></li></ol><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Has the Church got a future in the public square?</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Only by reformulating its understanding of its sacred cows such as the Bible other faiths sin and death.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Enjoy the Ride!</span></p><p></p>