Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 Why Should Christianity Change? 4
Why Change?
Chrysalis Christianity 9
Change Is Inevitable 11
What about the Bible? 15
What about Church Teaching? 16
Questions to Be Asked 19
Questions for Reflection 21
Practice 21
Chapter 2 Change Is All Around Us 24
Escaping Tribal Thinking 26
A Network of Goodwill 29
Global Shift 30
Postmodernism and a Different Mindset 31
Postmodernism and Religion 33
We Are all One 34
Integrating Worlds 35
Questions for Reflection 36
Practice: Loving Kindness 36
Chapter 3 The Evolving Scientific Worldview 39
The Hard Problem of Consciousness 40
Informational Domains 42
Consciousness Is the Ground of Being 43
Epigenetic Revelations 44
Morphogenetic Fields 45
Christianity and Consciousness 45
Questions for Reflection 48
Practice: Meditation 48
Chapter 4 Ecological Imperatives 51
Animal Rights 53
Gaia and the Planet Earth 59
Oneness 60
Questions for Reflection 62
Practice: An Awareness Walk 62
Chapter 5 Christianity Expanding 66
Transforming the Mind 69
Living in the Contemplative Mind 71
Wisdom Teacher 72
Salvation and Betterment 74
Sacrifice and Substitution 76
The Sacrifice of Jesus 79
Eternal Matters 80
Universal Salvation and Rebirth 82
New Humanity 85
Questions for Reflection 86
Practice 86
Chapter 6 Who or What Is God? 89
Development of the Trinity 89
The Nicene Creed 90
Deeper Expressions 92
Epilogue 97
What Next? 98
