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Putting Away Childish Things: The Virgin Birth, the Empty Tomb, and Other Fairy Tales You Don't Need to Believe to Have a Living F

This work challenges the basic assumptions of conventional Christianity and opens up a new vision of Christian faith, grounded in critical thinking, historical realism and allegiance to Jesus's message of freedom and hope.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 306 pages

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