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The Orthodox Heretic

And Other Impossible Tales

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The Orthodox Heretic

By: Peter Rollins
Narrated by: Peter Rollins
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For so many, the Christian faith is viewed as little more than a drug that enables the weak to escape reality. An opiate that helps its users to avoid facing the injustice of the world and making a stand against it. In short, the Christian faith is perceived to be a counter-revolutionary ideology that keeps people passive, infantile, and ineffectual.

In contrast, Peter Rollins has crafted a series of parables that shatter this popular perception. Parables that demonstrate how radical faith has never been concerned with escaping the world we inhabit but rather with engaging it more fully. That genuine Christian faith has never capitulated to injustice but rather fought against it at every turn.

These parables outline a non-religious approach to a subversive message of Christianity, one that is not concerned with questions regarding theism and atheism, but rather one that invites us into a different way of living in the world.

©2008 Paraclete Press (P)2013 Peter Rollins Christianity Religious Studies Spirituality
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Peter Rollins has tapped into the mystical genre of parable to articulate 33 incredibly nuanced and relatable tenets of faith.

From theodicy, heresy and infidelity to love, hope and sacrifice, Rollins leads the listener to unique alternate worlds where one can entertain hypotheticals that have real world implications.

These parables will be so important for so many.

Poetic and Important

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Nothing so far up to chapter 11. I’m reading slowly to fully appreciate message of each parable

Powerful life changing parables with their foundation in Jesus and His parables

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This is one of those rare books that are easy to read quickly, but you have to digest it slowly. Each chapter is small and interesting while also full of ideas that will generate interesting discussion.

A profoundly thought provoking book with unique ideas.

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