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In Putting Away Childish Things, Marcus Borg weaves his insightful teaching on Christianity into a new form—fiction. In this compelling tale, we meet Kate—a popular religion professor at a liberal art college in a small midwestern town who thinks her life is right on track. She loves her job, is happy with her personal and spiritual life, and her guilty pleasure consists of passing her afternoons at the local pub with a pint og Guinness and a cigarette. Life is good.
Kate is up for tenture when it all starts to go wrong. A colleague warns her that her books are too Christian and too popular. She is offered a visiting professor job at a prestigious seminary, which sounds like the perfect solution except fpr one complication—it is the same seminary that employs the professor she had an affair with years ago. Kate now has to face her past and watch as the ramifications unfold in ways she never imagined. In the classroom, students ask for her views on Jesus, the Bible, and homosexuality, controversial topics that Kate candidly addresses unitl outraged parents start campaigning for the school to get rid of her. Through it all, Kate faces the toughest challenge yet—a crisis of faith that leaves her questioning what she believed so strongly before.
Putting Away Childish Things is an engaging way for readers to learn about the important issues dividing Christians today. ALong the way, we join with the characters to ask the hard questions such as what does the Bible really teach? Who is Jesus? What is the nature of faith today?
This is a story that promises to leave us different in the end than when we started, as we learn how even in the twenty—first century, God works in mysterious ways.
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Posted December 27, 2010
I'm a Religious Studies major at the University of Oklahoma, and reading this book was a reminder of my first semester, freshman year. I connected with Erin and was reminded of the journey of thought that I took and am still on today. Being a Christian and asking the type of questions that the topics of this book address are frowned upon where I am in life. My friends and family do not appreciate my trying to understand. This book comforted me, reminded me of my passion for religion and gave me more things to think about and try to grasp. It is a must read for anyone wanting to understand Chrisitinity in the world today and every Christian should read it, even if it is to only stumble through the chapters.
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Thought it would take a long time to read this book. Only took a couple of weeks and that was reading in the evenings only. Wonderful book! Excellent reading! Thoroughly enjoyed every page. It also made me want to be more disciplined in my own prayer life.
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Overview
In Putting Away Childish Things, Marcus Borg weaves his insightful teaching on Christianity into a new form—fiction. In this compelling tale, we meet Kate—a popular religion professor at a liberal art college in a small midwestern town who thinks her life is right on track. She loves her job, is happy with her personal and spiritual life, and her guilty pleasure consists of passing her afternoons at the local pub with a pint og Guinness and a cigarette. Life is good.
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