Freeing Jesus, Diana Butler Bass
Freeing Jesus, Diana Butler Bass
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Freeing Jesus
Rediscovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence

Author: Diana Butler Bass

Narrator: Diana Butler Bass

Unabridged: 10 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 03/30/2021

Synopsis

The award-winning author of Grateful goes beyond the culture wars to offer a refreshing take on the comprehensive, multi-faceted nature of Jesus, keeping his teachings relevant and alive in our daily lives.How can you still be a Christian?This is the most common question Diana Butler Bass is asked today. It is a question that many believers ponder as they wrestle with disappointment and disillusionment in their church and its leadership. But while many Christians have left their churches, they cannot leave their faith behind. In Freeing Jesus, Bass challenges the idea that Jesus can only be understood in static, one-dimensional ways and asks us to instead consider a life where Jesus grows with us and helps us through life’s challenges in several capacities: as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence. Freeing Jesus is an invitation to leave the religious wars behind and rediscover Jesus in all his many manifestations, to experience Jesus beyond the narrow confines we have built around him. It renews our hope in faith and worship at a time when we need it most.

About Diana Butler Bass

Diana Butler Bass (Ph.D., Duke) is an award-winning author of eleven books, popular speaker, inspiring preacher, and one of America's most trusted commentators on religion and contemporary spirituality, especially where faith intersects with politics and culture.Her bylines include The New York Times, the Washington Post, CNN.com, Atlantic.com, USA Today, Huffington Post, Christian Century, and Sojourners. She has commented in the media widely including on CBS, CNN, PBS, NPR, CBC, FOX, Sirius XM, TIME, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Mother Jones, and in multiple global news outlets.Her website is dianabutlerbass.com and she can be followed on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. She writes a twice-weekly newsletter - The Cottage - which can be found on Substack. 

Reviews

Goodreads review by Robert on March 25, 2021

Who is Jesus? There are many different answers to that question. Some people emphasize his humanity and others focus on the church's confession of his divinity. He might be a figure of history who is of academic interest or he might be a friend who walks with us in life. How we answer depends on our......more

Goodreads review by John on December 13, 2021

While I am the son and grandson of Lutheran pastors and was a regular church-goer before the pandemic, I am not that attracted to religious books usually. So many of them are written from the personal salvation perspective and miss out on how Christians can deal with the issues of the day. This is t......more

Goodreads review by Maddie on September 30, 2023

I learned so much from this book. This book is so much more than it seems because the author is a full historian STEEPED in theological training. You don’t have to agree w all of her beliefs to get so much out of this read. This book brings to life the way our experiences and religious traditions sh......more

Goodreads review by Mikhael on August 20, 2024

Well-written, just not my favorite style. Some claims that strike me as unwise or maybe untrue, but I try to take them in good faith and see the author’s love for Jesus. I definitely enjoyed the many citations......more

Goodreads review by Nikki on September 07, 2021

The most pondering question of the new day; how can you still be a Christian? I’ve asked myself that honest question? The answer: Jesus. Freeing Jesus is an invitation to explore that very question. Freeing Jesus gives a brief but solid account of church history, through Bass’ personal experiences,......more

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