About the Book

While Christian faith cannot be reduced to mere superstition, few would deny that Christianity is too easily plagued by superstition. Indeed, many Christian theologians have tried to purify Christianity of magical thinking in favor of genuine piety. In Jesus Christ Superstition, Robert M. Price examines this confusing intersection of Christianity and superstition. Is “practicing the presence of God” actually a variety of paranoia? Is having a “personal relationship with Jesus Christ” really akin to a child playing with an imaginary friend? At what point does a religious belief or practice become an obsessive neurosis? These are searching questions from someone who himself spent many years as an Evangelical Christian. Price finds that the source of superstition in Christianity is the objectification of the transcendent. As a result, he argues, many of the most destructive superstitions within Christianity are unfortunate accretions to the faith and by no means essential to it. In that regard, many of the beliefs and practices that interfere with a life-transforming piety could in principle be purged from Christianity to the glad benefit of its adherents. Christians who believe that an unexamined faith is not worth having will profit from struggling with Jesus Christ Superstition.

About the Author

Robert M. Price is the host of the podcasts The Bible Geek and The Human Bible as well as the author of books including Beyond Born Again, Deconstructing Jesus, Inerrant the Wind, and many others. He is the founder and editor of the Journal of Higher Criticism and has debated William Lane Craig, Bart Ehrman, Craig Blomberg and others.

Details

ISBN: 9781634311908
Format: paperback
SRP: $15.99
Page count: 191 pages
Trim size: 5.5 x 8.5
Pub date: September 2019