Brian D. McLaren is an author, speaker, activist, and public theologian. After teaching college English, Brian was a church planter, pastor, and networker in the Baltimore-Washington DC area for over 20 years. He is a popular conference speaker and a frequent guest lecturer for denominational and ecumenical leadership gatherings in the U.S. and internationally, and is Theologian-in-Residence at Life in the Trinity Ministry.
Brian's writing spans over a dozen books, including his
acclaimed A New Kind of Christian trilogy, A Generous Orthodoxy,
and his most recent titles, Naked Spirituality: A Life with God in
12 Simple Words (2011) and the eBook prequel to this title, The
Girl with the Dove Tattoo (June 2012). A frequent guest on
television, radio, and news media programs, Brian is also an active
and popular blogger, a musician, and an avid outdoor enthusiast.
Learn more at his website, www.brianmclaren.net. Brian is married
to Grace, and they have four adult children.
"...An essential life lesson about loving our neighbors and
tolerating their differences...For Christians on the fence about
whether to accept others and their faiths or to insist that only
Christianity can adequately serve, this book provides important
insights."--Booklist Online
"...Important and extraordinarily timely...a soothing balm for the
searing pain of our times..."--Huffington Post
"...Worth reading, lively and passionate at translating progressive
theology into a popular idiom."--Publishers Weekly
"Helpful, timely, and really, really inspiring."--Rob Bell, author
of Love Wins
"McLaren offers a renewed and renewing vision of Christianity that
will challenge every reader to go deeper into its core Truth and
find radical urgency to befriend all God's children. If you are not
afraid of having your viewpoint, identity, and complacency
challenged - read this, for Love itself is to be found
here!"--Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop, The Episcopal
Church
"Provocative...Even those who don't agree will be bettered by
engaging its ideas."--Relevant Magazine
"This is a book to cherish, to read over and over, a book that
sheds light and warmth on one of the most difficult questions of
our era."--Eboo Patel, Founder and President, Interfaith Youth
Core, Author of Acts of Faith and Sacred Ground
"This is a major work in every sense of the word--so major, in
fact, that it would be impossible to exaggerate either its
importance or its worth to the current conversation about religion
and religions."--Phyllis Tickle, Lecturer on Religion in America
and Author of Emergence Christianity: What it Is, Where it is
Going, and Why it Matters
"With wisdom and wit, Brian McLaren courageously explores the
contours of his Christian faith in light of his experiences with
people from other religious communities. His questions and insights
are important contributions to the unfolding interfaith discussion
in the United States and beyond."--Rabbi Or N. Rose, Director, The
Center for Global Judaism, Hebrew College
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