The God We Never Knew

The God We Never Knew: Beyond Dogmatic Religion to a More Authentic Contemporary Faith

How to have faith or even think about God without having to stifle modern rational thought is one of the most vital challenges facing many of us today. Marcus J. Borg, author of the bestselling Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time, traces his personal spiritual journey to the discovery of an authentic yet fully contemporary understanding of God. In a compelling, readable way, he leads us from the distant, authoritarian God of our childhood to an equally powerful, dynamic adult image of God "the beyond in our midst," the life spirit that is within us and all around us that reconciles faith with science, history, critical thinking, and religious pluralism.
"With this book on God, I venture beyond my area of academic spe-
cialization. As a Jesus scholar, I have focused my research and writing on the historical study of Jesus and Christian origins, and the implications of such study for Christian theology and life. But though I am a Jesus scholar and not a God scholar, the subject of God has been with me for a very long time, indeed from long before I was even aware of historical Jesus scholarship. I grew up with God. Ever since, the subject and question of God devotionally, intellectually, and experientially has been central. I have been praising God, thinking about God, and yearning for God all of my life."