Season 3: Learning How to See: Christianity (Yes and No)

Learning How to See with Brian McLaren

Center for Action and Contemplation

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 748 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2022

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

On the third season of Learning How to See, Brian McLaren invites us to see and experience Christianity in new ways. Exploring sections from his new book Do I Stay Christian? Brian helps listeners at a spiritual crossroads to honestly examine their evolving faith. Joined by guests Diana Butler Bass, Lisa Sharon Harper, Rabbi Jill Jacobs, Valerie Kaur, Richard Rohr, James Finley, Barbara Holmes, and Tripp Fuller, Learning How to See season 3 reveals how a contemplative mind can help us see, understand, and engage with the Christian faith. Everyone who purchases a copy of Brian's new book Do I Stay Christian? from our online bookstore will be invited to participate in an exclusive Community Read-Along on Facebook! There will be discussion questions, prompts, and shared practices as we move through the book each week. The Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC) is an educational nonprofit organization whose mission is to strengthen compassionate engagement in the world. When you purchase this or any other book from our online bookstore you help us to introduce seekers from around the world to the contemplative Christian path of transformation. (Everyone who purchases a copy of Do I Stay Christian? will receive a URL to join the discussion group via email.)

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0:00.0	Christianity is the largest religion in the world.
0:06.5	About 31% of the world's inhabitants identify as Christians.
0:12.4	Some of them, many of them, never have second thoughts about being Christian.
0:19.1	From womb to tomb, from their baptism to their burial, they remain
0:24.8	Christians. But more and more Christians around the world reach the age of 14 or 18 or 25 or 50,
0:35.0	and they find themselves asking deep questions about Christianity. How do I see this faith?
0:42.4	Is it mine? Is it really mine? Is it 100% of force for good in the world? If not, how much
0:50.5	harm is being done by Christianity and its adherence.
0:54.8	Do I want to let myself be counted as part of that?
0:59.3	What is it anyway?
1:00.9	It seems to be so many different and even contradictory things.
1:05.6	Do I really want to stay Christian?
1:08.3	And if so, what kind and how? These are questions you may be struggling
1:16.0	with today. And if not today, perhaps they'll ambush you tomorrow. Meanwhile, someone you love
1:23.5	may be struggling with questions like these and you would like to understand their struggle
1:28.3	Wherever you stand in relation to Christian identity
1:32.8	Season 3 of learning how to see will have something to offer you
1:37.8	This season we're learning how to see Christianity
1:46.0	The themes for our episode in season three will include,
1:51.3	Christianity has always been many things.
1:55.6	Christianity, race, and politics.
1:59.3	Christianity as neighbor.
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