The Great Spiritual Migration

What would happen, asks Brian McLaren, if a contentious, divided, and increasingly humiliated community of Christ-followers had at their disposal a new kind of creed--one that was, in fact, not clinging to a fossilized system of beliefs but promoting instead a simple, freeing way of life? Wouldn't that spark a renaissance of hope in the church and in the culture at large? As the majority of Americans now agree, Christian beliefs have been used to support or excuse a wide range of disastrous outcomes--from colonialism to environmental destruction, from subordination of women to stigmatization of LGBT people. In The Great Spiritual Migration, Brian McLaren proposes that this conventional understanding of Christianity is ripe for a conversion. He makes a passionate but practical case for changing how we understand God, how we approach differences, how we relate to nature and the planet, what religion's true and indispensable role is in the world, and how we can work together in helping a better world to be born. With his trademark brilliance, generosity of spirit, and clear pastoral calling, McLaren synthesizes an accessible and inviting understanding of what it means to follow Jesus.