Diana Butler Bass at Hope UMC

Event Description

Diana Butler Bass

CHRISTIANITY AFTER RELIGION

The Great Religious Recession or a Great Spiritual Awakening?

Hope United Methodist Church of Greenwood Village, CO will be hosting Diana Butler Bass on Saturday, May 12th. Diana will be speaking primarily from her new book, Christianity After Religion: The End of Church and the Birth of a New Spiritual Awakening (forthcoming: HarperOne, Feb 2012). In it, Diana argues that we are in the midst of a Great Religious Recession, but that this erosion of religion is a spiritual crucible for new forms of faith--a new awakening that is reshaping Christian belief, behavior, and belonging.

Like other aspects of American life, religion is going through a challenging period of change, erosion, and decline. Many Americans are not satisfied with forms of faith and church that no longer seem to speak to the soul. From membership to traditional beliefs, nearly every measure of conventional religiosity is down. Diana explores the religious trends reshaping our understandings of faith, practice, and community, drawing out the real questions that Americans are asking about their spiritual lives. Probing these deeper questions and addressing them in meaningful ways opens paths for a different sort of Christianity, one that offers genuine hope for spiritual awakening and cultural transformation.

Event Details:

8:45 am - 2:15 pm - Saturday May 12, in Hope UMC Sanctuary