There Is No God and Mary Is His Mothe..., Thomas Cathcart
There Is No God and Mary Is His Mothe..., Thomas Cathcart
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There Is No God and Mary Is His Mother
Rediscovering Religionless Christianity

Author: Thomas Cathcart

Narrator: Rick Adamson

Unabridged: 3 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/07/2021

Synopsis

Is the Western world really post-Christian, or does Christianity simply need a reinterpretation? What did Dietrich Bonhoeffer mean by "religionless Christianity"? Is it passé? Or was it perhaps ahead of its time? In an era of dramatically increased religious pluralism and the emergence of large numbers of people identifying as "spiritual but not religious," so-called "religionless Christianity" can speak to those who find both biblicism and "belief-based" religion irrelevant.

In this personal, witty, and timely book, New York Times bestselling author Thomas Cathcart takes listeners on a journey into belief and unbelief and leads them through to the other side. Drawing from deep philosophical and theological wells, There Is No God and Mary Is His Mother demonstrates the meaningfulness of being a Christian in a secular age. Cathcart shows that, even absent traditional theological formulas and doctrines, Christianity can be a credible, meaningful, and practical means of negotiating worldly existence and experience. For Christians, There Is No God and Mary Is His Mother offers encouragement. For ex-Christians, it presents a different way of being a Christian than the one they've rejected. For atheists, it shows how Christianity can be an ally in affirming the here and now.

About Thomas Cathcart

Thomas Cathcart is the author or coauthor of six books, including the New York Times bestseller Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar, Heidegger and a Hippo Walk through Those Pearly Gates, and The Trolley Problem, or Would You Throw the Fat Guy Off the Bridge?. He has been a college instructor, a hospital administrator, a social worker with inner-city gangs, a hospice director for patients with HIV/AIDS, and a lay leader in many congregations. He lives in upstate New York.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Josef

A very thoughtful and balanced invitation to completely reconsider what Christianity means, or at least what it can mean. Cathhart's style is genuine and plainly honest. One get's the feeling that he his imparting his wisdom developed over a lifetime of varied experiences and encounters to a generat......more

Goodreads review by Ida

So I had my problems with this book. It's probably because unlike the author, I studied theology at university for six years and am now teaching it, considering myself being fully immersed in all things "Christian" and/or "religious". I am open minded, by no means dead and centre conservative and I......more

Goodreads review by Bob

In a prison cell in 1945, young theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer pondered the existence of a religionless Christianity. Although he never got the chance to explain what he meant by that phrase, it has caught the attention of countless theologians ever since. Thomas Cathcart is no different and in his......more

Goodreads review by Kyle

What could the idea and practice of Christianity entail if one put aside claims about God and the afterlife? Provides a great overview and various entry points for philosophers and theologians who have examined the idea. Readers accustomed to a Christianity that only accounts for "God's will" and "g......more

Goodreads review by Ben

Academglican This was a good book. But, I found it way more academic and theological that I expected. Had some good points, but all-in-all not what I was expecting, regarding myth-busting. I have been on a big myth busting Biblical events readings lately, and this was not really on the same plane. 3.......more

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