TY  - BOOK
AU  - Horton,Michael Scott
TI  - Christless Christianity: the alternative gospel of the American church 
SN  - 9780801013188 (cloth)
AV  - BR 1642 .U5 H674 2008
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Grand Rapids, Mich.
PB  - BakerBooks
KW  - Jesus Christ
KW  - Evangelicalism
KW  - United States
KW  - Religious life and customs
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-270); Christless Christianity : the American captivity of the church -- Naming our captivity : moralistic, therapeutic deism -- Smooth talk and Christless Christianity -- How we turn good news into good advice -- Your own personal Jesus -- Delivering Christ : the message and the medium -- A call to the resistance
N2  - Horton argues that while we invoke the name of Christ, too often Christ and the Christ-centered gospel are pushed aside. The result is a message and a faith that are, in Horton's words, "trivial, sentimental, affirming, and irrelevant." This alternative "gospel" is a message of moralism, personal comfort, self-help, self-improvement, and individualistic religion. It trivializes God, making him a means to our selfish ends. Horton skillfully diagnoses the problem and points to the solution: a return to the unadulterated gospel of salvation. --from publisher description
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