A New Kind of Christian: A Tale of Two Friends on a Spiritual Journey

A New Kind of Christian Book One in The New Kind of Christian Trilogy The first installment of Brian McLaren′s trilogy recounts a lively and intimate conversation between fictional characters Pastor Dan Poole and his daughter′s high school science teacher, Neil Oliver. They reflect together about faith, doubt, reason, mission, leadership, and spiritual practice in the emerging postmodern world. A New Kind of Christian offers a tale of hope and spiritual renewal for those who thought they had to give up on faith, God, and church. "A New Kind of Christian is a landmark in twenty–first century Christianity. This book has and will continue to provoke conversation, debate, even conversion. McLaren charts a new course for the faith. In short, he is a prophet, and this is a prophetic text." —Tony Jones, author, The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier

Preface to the Paperback Edition. Acknowledgments. Introduction: The True Story Behind This Story. 1. Sometime the Peacock Wish to Be the Seagull. 2. Entering That Awkward Age, or Does Jonah Eat Bagels? 3. Dan Discovers Where the Cross Meets the Dream Catcher. 4. What a Difference a Worldview Makes. 5. Neo Worries About Keeping Up with Jesus. 6. Hot Words About Biblical Interpretation. 7. Letting the Bible Read Us. 8. Yeah, But What About the Other Guys? 9. Redeeming Our Culture over Dinner. 10. C. S. Lewis in the Pulpit, or What Is Heaven About Anyway? 11. Getting Beyond Righteousness. 12. French Fries and the Kingdom of God. 13. Spiritual Practices: Secret and Shared. 14. It’s None of Your Business Who Goes to Hell. 15. Beginning the Journey into Terra Nova. 16. Notes on Church Leadership from One Certified Nobody to Another. Afterword. Notes. About Leadership Network. Leadership Network Titles. The Author.

The Author Brian D. McLaren is a speaker, author, activist, and networker exploring the intersection of Christian faith and contemporary life. He has written or co–written over a dozen books, including A Generous Orthodoxy, The Secret Message of Jesus, and Everything Must Change. For twenty–four years, he served as the founding pastor of Cedar Ridge Community Church in the Washington–Baltimore area. He was named by Time magazine as one of America′s twenty–five most influential Evangelicals. He is a founding member of emergentvillage.com. See www.brianmclaren.net. . About Leadership Network The mission of Leadership Network is to identify and connect innovative church leaders and provide them with resources in the form of new ideas, people, and tools. Contact Leadership Network at www.leadnet.org.

This is a milestone in interfaith relations –– a warm hand reaching out to other men and women in this Abrahamic family of faiths. ( http://www.readthespirit.com/explore/2008/06/187–conversatio.html )