{"product_id":"spiritual-and-religious-the-gospel-in-an-age-of-paganism-9780310172741","title":"Spiritual and Religious: The Gospel in an Age of Paganism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"I'm spiritual but not religious.\" It's a phrase that's often used to explain why, although they don't go to church, people still feel that life must have some kind of transcendent meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut what does this \"spirituality\" consist of? In \u003cem\u003eSpiritual and Religious\u003c\/em\u003e N. T. Wright argues that, whether people realize it or not, they are often simply reverting to forms of ancient paganism that are very similar to those that confronted the earliest Christians.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith his characteristic verve and incisiveness, Wright traces the parallels between the worldviews of the first and twenty-first centuries, and shows how a better understanding of God as Trinity can breathe fresh life into our understanding and preaching of the gospel today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe concludes this prophetic book with a call to contemporary Christians to make a clear choice: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Are we to compromise with paganism, to assimilate, to water down the distinctives of Christian faith in order to make it more palatable? Are we to retreat into dualism, into a private 'spiritual' religion which will assure us of an other-worldly salvation but which will leave the powers of the present world unchallenged. . . ? Or are we to worship the God who is Father, Son and Spirit, and to find in that worship a renewed courage, a renewed sense of direction, and a renewed hope for the future?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Zondervan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/29\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780310172741\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192","brand":"N. T. Wright","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45169473487029,"sku":"9780310172741","price":19.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_55d62dc3-9933-4029-9810-ab46ed0860cc.jpg?v=1741703226","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/spiritual-and-religious-the-gospel-in-an-age-of-paganism-9780310172741","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}