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All My Bones Shake: Seeking a Progressive Path to the Prophetic Voice
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At the root of the current political, economic, cultural, and ecological chaos is a national spiritual unrest, a fragmentation that has inhibited society's self-awareness and slowed theological progress to a glacial crawl.
In a nation where three-fourths of the population identifies as Christian and religion salts the political discourse, unrest has manifested itself as the talking-head debate between atheists and believers. In All My Bones Shake, Robert Jensen reveals the multitiered complexity of the conflict and offers a progressive approach to its key theological questions. While fundamentalists on both sides have fought to an intellectual standstill and moderates seem content to ignore the battle, Jensen pushes for answers that make sense for anyone trying to exist in the modern scientific world, concluding, There is no God, and more than ever we all need to serve the One True Gods.”
Jensen tests the mettle of his conclusion by holding it up to the best of religious and secular teachings. More than a simple study of the religious debate in America, All My Bones Shake marks a new communion: a way to use theology to create a sustainable society and meet the uncertainty of our lives with confidence.
In a nation where three-fourths of the population identifies as Christian and religion salts the political discourse, unrest has manifested itself as the talking-head debate between atheists and believers. In All My Bones Shake, Robert Jensen reveals the multitiered complexity of the conflict and offers a progressive approach to its key theological questions. While fundamentalists on both sides have fought to an intellectual standstill and moderates seem content to ignore the battle, Jensen pushes for answers that make sense for anyone trying to exist in the modern scientific world, concluding, There is no God, and more than ever we all need to serve the One True Gods.”
Jensen tests the mettle of his conclusion by holding it up to the best of religious and secular teachings. More than a simple study of the religious debate in America, All My Bones Shake marks a new communion: a way to use theology to create a sustainable society and meet the uncertainty of our lives with confidence.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5In "All My Bones Shake," Robert Jensen chronicles his own spiritual journey. Jensen was raised Presbyterian, but rejected religion as a young adult due to its conflict with reason. However, the gravitational force of community, and numinous personal experiences led him to give church another try. He found a faith community in Austin that worked hard for social justice. He saw the power of combining resources - tangible and intangible - in addressing human suffering. He joined, but he did not "believe." His honesty about his lack of belief in the traditional creed led him to a threat of expulsion by the governing body of the Presbyterian church. Jensen has hit on a unique problem that faces modern secular societies: what can replace church as a community that has the power to love and heal not only those within the congregation but those in the larger society as well?Trying to reorient traditional churches to be secular forces for change seems unlikely to succeed. A friend of mine, an elderly German man, once had an outburst at his Unitarian church: "goddammit, we have to believe in something!" Many are struggling with these issues, and I don't yet see a solution anywhere.Jensen makes some excellent points about many topics, especially the historical absurdity of confining "Christianity" to a limited creed. What many think of as the foundation of Christian belief was not necessarily so in the early days of the faith. I enjoyed reading Jensen's book. It is like sitting down for a long conversation in a coffee shop with an interesting friend. Sometimes I shook my head or rolled my eyes at his idealism, which sometimes seemed loosely tethered to the reality on the ground. Yet, I love his passion, and wish him well on his journey. If you get there, Jensen, send a postcard.