{"product_id":"the-other-jesus-rejecting-a-religion-of-fear-for-the-god-of-love-9780664234041","title":"The Other Jesus: Rejecting a Religion of Fear for the God of Love","description":"According to recent surveys, many Americans associate the label \"Christian\" with judgmental attitudes, hypocrisy, a fear of hell, and a commitment to right-wing politics. Author Greg Garrett suggests another way, arguing that a faith that focuses solely on personal morality and the afterlife misses much of the point of Jesus' message.\u003cp\u003eThis \u003ci\u003eother\u003c\/i\u003e way of following Christ is not concerned with an array of commandments or with holding the \"right\" beliefs. Rather it is centered on loving each other and loving God, what Garrett calls \"love where the rubber meets the road, where faith meets the world.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePersonal and moving, the book relates Garrett's experiences growing up in--and leaving--a disapproving conservative church and then finding his way back into a different kind of Christian community, one that is communal, missional, just, and loving. Garrett draws on popular culture to illustrate his spiritual points, showing how authentic Christian truth can be found in unlikely places.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGarrett, Greg:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Greg Garrett is the author of \u003ci\u003eWe Get to Carry Each Other: The Gospel according to U2\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Gospel according to Hollywood\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHoly Superheroes! Revised and Expanded Edition\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eExploring the Sacred in Comics, Graphic Novels, and Film\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eStories from the Edge: A Theology of Grief\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a novelist, a professor of English at Baylor University, the writer-inresidence at the Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest, and a licensed lay preacher in the Episcopal Church.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Westminster John Knox Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50326682501394,"sku":"9780664234041","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dceeebbb-80b3-403a-a0ec-20e6531ed142.jpg?v=1727705006","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-other-jesus-rejecting-a-religion-of-fear-for-the-god-of-love-9780664234041","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}