Volume 1, Issue 2, May 1994

Article Summary:

IN SEARCH OF JESUS CHRIST

The Jesus of History and the Christ of Faith are two separate beings, with quite different stories. The church through the centuries has elaborated the second and most of us are familiar with it. In it the the humanity of Jesus has been frozen into cold concepts and images that have lost their ability to move people. The image of Jesus as the pale Galilean with a halo, the ghastly figure in torment on the cross, the distant supernatural divinity with no humanity about him has become the forgotten man of our time. More . . .

MYTHOLOGY

Myths are pictorial presentations of enduring and essential truth about the unseen forces with which humankind has to do, and of our relations with them. Usually they are stories that account for the origins of beings, things, situations, or events. Many myths are prehistorical in origin; others were created in subsequent historical periods. It is an art which is being found again, ie, the programme Star Trek. More . . .

THE POWER OF FAITH

Our age has become so aware of the limitations of human nature that it has lost a proper perspective of the power of faith. The words of Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington of Cambridge speak to our condition: More . . .

A MODERN HYMN

This hymn was written by Judith Fetter in 1985 and may be sung to the tune of St. Petersburg. More . . .

THANK YOU

THANK YOU for the responses you have given to the first issue of Religion NOW. More . . .

QUOTES

"Prayer does not change God, but More . . .

 

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