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], February 2006; Photograph: Virgil Vaduva]]'''Brian D. McLaren''' is a prominent, controversial voice in the ] movement. He was recognized as one of ]'s "25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America," and is the founding ] of Cedar Ridge Community Church in ], ].
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'''Brian D. McLaren''' (born 1956) is an author, speaker, activist, public theologian and was a leading figure in the ]. McLaren is often associated with ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/brian-mclaren-postmodern-christianity-understood-as-story-31238/|title=Brian McLaren: Postmodern Christianity Understood as Story|website=Christianpost.com|access-date=22 August 2017}}</ref>


==Education and career==
==Biography==
Raised in ] in the conservative ], part of the ], McLaren became attracted to the countercultural ] in the 1970s.<ref>{{cite news |last=Murphy |first=Caryle |date=September 10, 2006 |title=Evangelical Author Puts Progressive Spin On Traditional Faith |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2006/09/10/evangelical-author-puts-progressive-spin-on-traditional-faith/520b5467-4368-4c96-ac21-df503732879c/ |work=Washington Post |access-date=January 3, 2023}}</ref> He is a faculty member and Dean of Faculty for the Centre for Action and Contemplation.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cac.org/about/our-teachers/ |title=Building on Richard Rohr's Founding Vision |website=cac.org |access-date=April 4, 2024}}</ref>


McLaren attended the ] where he received both a B.A. (1978) and M.A. (1981) <ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=August 12, 2010 |title=Author Brian McLaren to speak at summer worship series |work=Asheville Citizen |location=Asheville, NC}}</ref><ref name=Tucker>{{cite news |last=Tucker |first=Abigail |date=April 27, 2005 |title=Fire without brimstone: Brian McLaren preaches tolerance and environmentalism, making him one of the country's more unusual yet influential evangelicals |work=Baltimore Sun }}</ref> He holds an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Carey Theological Seminary, Vancouver. In 2010 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Virginia Theological Seminary (Episcopal).
Brian McLaren was born in ]. He graduated from ] with degrees in ] (BA, ], ], and MA, ]). His academic interests include ] ], ], modern ] literature, and the novels of Dr. ]. He is also a musician and songwriter.


From 1978-1986 McLaren taught college English. He helped form Cedar Ridge Community Church, a non-denominational church in ], in 1982.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.crcc.org/ |title=Cedar Ridge Community Church |website=crcc.org/ |access-date=April 3, 2024}}</ref> He was founding pastor and served in that capacity until 2006. The church eventually grew to include 500 members.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.al.com/living/2014/08/the_bible_is_a_book_about_immi.html|title='The Bible is a book about immigration': Emerging Church leader McLaren returning to Birmingham |first=Greg |last=Garrison |date=August 2, 2014 |website=al}}</ref>
After several years of teaching English and consulting in higher education, he left academia in ] to become the founding pastor of , a ] church in the ]-] region. The church has grown to involve several hundred people, many of whom were previously ].{{Fact|date=February 2007}} In ], he was awarded an ] ] from the Carey Theological Seminary in ], ].


In 2011, McLaren defended ]'s controversial book ''Love Wins'' against critiques from figures such as ], who argued that Bell advocated ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/brian-mclaren-defends-rob-bell-against-mohlers-critique-49534/|title=Brian McLaren Defends Rob Bell against Mohler's Critique|website=Christianpost.com|access-date=22 August 2017}}</ref>
Many of the books that McLaren has authored, including the "A New Kind of Christian" trilogy, deal with Christianity in the context of the cultural shift towards postmodernism. McLaren is a proponent of the ], which rejects what emergents perceive to be the influence of ] in the Evangelical church in favor of a postmodern epistemology which guides their faith and practice.


In 2013, McLaren stated that he did not believe homosexual conduct to be sinful.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.patheos.com/blogs/tonyjones/2012/10/08/brian-mclaren-clarifies-his-view-on-homosexuality/|title=Brian McLaren's View on Homosexuality|last=Theoblogy|date=8 October 2012}}</ref>
:"I don’t like to use the word 'objective.' It’s not a Biblical word. I also find the word 'known' problematic." -- Brian McLaren


In 2015, McLaren was recognized by '']'' magazine as one of the 25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1993235_1993243_1993300,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611093728/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1993235_1993243_1993300,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 11, 2010 |title=Brian McLaren - Paradigm Shifter |work=] | date=2005-02-07}}</ref>
Applying this ] to his theology, McLaren concedes, on pp.80-81 of ''More Ready Than You Realize'', that he does not know why Jesus had to die. His rejection of absolute truth also prevents McLaren from dogmatically stating that non-Christians must become Christians.


==Personal life==
:I don’t believe making disciples must equal making adherents to the Christian religion. It may be advisable in many (not all!) circumstances to help people become followers of Jesus and remain within their Buddhist, Hindu or Jewish contexts … rather than resolving the paradox via pronouncements on the eternal destiny of people more convinced by or loyal to other religions than ours, we simply move on … To help Buddhists, Muslims, Christians, and everyone else experience life to the full in the way of Jesus (while learning it better myself), I would gladly become one of them (whoever they are), to whatever degree I can, to embrace them, to join them, to enter into their world without judgment but with saving love as mine has been entered by the Lord (''A Generous Orthodoxy'', 260, 262, 264).


McLaren is married and has four children and five grandchildren.<ref name=Tucker /><ref name=About>{{cite web |url=https://brianmclaren.net/about-brian/ |title=About Brian McLaren |author=<!--Not stated--> |access-date=April 19, 2022}}</ref> In September 2012, McLaren led a commitment ceremony for his son Trevor and partner Owen Ryan at the ] in Chevy Chase, Maryland.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/fashion/weddings/trevor-mclaren-owen-ryan-weddings.html|access-date=15 October 2012|newspaper=] | title=Trevor McLaren, Owen Ryan - Weddings|date=2012-09-23}}</ref>
McLaren's postmodern approach to morality also causes him to express a lack of certainty on issues such as homosexuality, saying things such as "Frankly, many of us don't know what we should think about homosexuality."


==Publications==
Positions such as these have caused many participants in the ] such as ] to distance themselves from McLaren.


===Children's Books===
:In the mid-1990s I was part of what is now known as the Emerging Church and spent some time traveling the country to speak on the emerging church in the emerging culture on a team put together by Leadership Network called the Young Leader Network. But, I eventually had to distance myself from the Emergent stream of the network because friends like ] and ] began pushing a theological agenda that greatly troubled me. Examples include referring to God as a chick, questioning God's sovereignty over and knowledge of the future, denial of the substitutionary atonement at the cross, a low view of Scripture, and denial of hell which is one hell of a mistake. -- Mark Driscoll


*{{cite book
McLaren has been active in networking and mentoring church planters and pastors since the mid- ]; and has assisted in the development of several new churches. In spite of the intense criticism leveled at McLaren by ] leaders, he remains a popular speaker for campus groups and retreats as well as a frequent guest lecturer at seminaries and conferences, nationally and internationally. His public speaking covers a broad range of topics including ], ], ], ], leadership, global mission, church growth, ], art and music, pastoral survival and burnout, inter-religious dialog, ], and ].
| author1 = Brian D. McLaren
| author2 = Gareth Higgins
| others = Illustrated by Anita Scmidt
| title = Cory and the Seventh Story
| location = New York
| publisher = Crown
| year = 2023}}


===Sole-authored Books===
McLaren favors what he calls a "generous" approach to ]. His critics maintain that his apparent subjectivism leads to theological liberalism. MacLaren, however, claims that the foundational and objective hermeneutics of Evangelicals leads them to political conservatism. MacLaren has been an outspoken advocate of liberal social causes as evidenced in his opposition to the invasion of Iraq.<ref>'' by ], Penguin/New American Library, 2006.</ref>


*{{cite book
Though McLaren is opposed to what he asserts are oppressive, Evangelical, ], his own hermeneutic seems somewhat latent. In fact, McLaren's own view on interpreting the Bible seems to call for others to rethink the whole process of interpretation. In his book, ''A New Kind of Christian'', McLaren writes (via his main character Neo), <blockquote>"Our interpretations reveal less about God or the Bible than they do about ourselves. They reveal what we want to defend, what we want to attack, what we want to ignore, what we're unwilling to question..."{{Fact|date=February 2007}}</blockquote>
| title = More Ready Than You Realize: The Power of Everyday Conversations
Quotes such as these reveal the influence Derrida and Foccault's postmodern philosophy of language has had on McLaren. For McLaren, the locus of meaning has shifted from the author or the text to the reader. As a postfoundationalist, he questions not only the evangelical claim to certainty in faith, but also the ability to interpret according to authorial intent.
| location = Grand Rapids
| publisher = Zondervan
| year = 2002}}
*{{cite book
| title = Finding Faith: A Self-discovery Guide for Your Spiritual Quest
| location = Grand Rapids
| publisher = Zondervan
| year = 1999}}
*{{cite book
| title = The Church on the Other Side: Doing Ministry in a Postmodern Matrix
| location = Grand Rapids
| publisher = Zondervan
| year = 2003}}
*{{cite book
| title = The Secret Message of Jesus: Uncovering the Truth that Could Change Everything
| location = Nashville
| publisher = Thomas Nelson
| year = 2006}}
*{{cite book
| title = Everything Must Change: When the World's Biggest Problems and Jesus' Good News Collide
| location = Nashville
| publisher = Thomas Nelson
| year = 2009}}
*{{cite book
| title = A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions that are Transforming the Faith
| location = San Francsico
| publisher = HarperOne
| year = 2010}}
*{{cite book
| title = Naked Spirituality: A Life with God in 12 Simple Words
| location = San Francsico
| publisher = HarperOne
| year = 2011}}
*{{cite book
| title = Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Mohammed Cross the Road? Christian Identity in a Multi-Faith World
| location = London
| publisher = Hodder & Stoughton
| year = 2012}}
*{{cite book
| title = The Story We Find Ourselves In: Further Adventures of a New Kind of Christian
| location = London
| publisher = SPCK
| year = 2013}}
*{{cite book
| title = We Make the Road by Walking: A Year-Long Quest for Spiritual Formation, Reorientation, and Activation
| location =
| publisher = Jericho Books
| year = 2014}}
*{{cite book
| title = Seeking Aliveness: Daily Reflections on a New Way to Experience and Practise the Christian Faith
| location = Londo
| publisher = Hodder & Stoughton
| year = 2017}}
*{{cite book
| title = The Great Spiritual Migration: How the World's Largest Religion Is Seeking a Better Way to Be Christian
| location = Colorado Springs
| publisher = Convergent
| year = 2016}}
*{{cite book
| title = Faith After Doubt: Why Your Beliefs Stopped Working and What to Do About it
| location = Edinburgh
| publisher = John Murray Press
| year = 2021}}
*{{cite book
| title = Do I Stay Christian?: A Guide for the Doubters, the Disappointed, and the Disillusioned
| location = London
| publisher = Hodder & Stoughton
| year = 2022}}
*{{cite book
| title = Life After Doom: Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart
| location = London
| publisher = Hachette
| year = 2024}}


===Co-authored books===
MacLaren is on the international steering team and board of directors for Emergent Village; a growing, generative friendship among ] Christian leaders, and serves as a board member for ] and "Orientacion Cristiana". He formerly served as board chair of ], an innovative mission organization with 15 nationally registered members including the United States office based in ], and has served on several other boards, including ] Graduate School in ], and ]. When asked if he considers himself to be an evangelical, McLaren said:
<blockquote>"I don't want to give any impression that I want to stay where I'm not wanted."<ref>'' by ], Penguin/New American Library, 2006.</ref></blockquote>


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McLaren is married and has four young adult children. He has traveled extensively in ], ], and ], and his personal interests include ecology, fishing, hiking, kayaking, camping, songwriting, music, art, and literature.
| author1 = Leonard Sweet
| author2 = Brian D. McLaren
| author3 = Jerry Haselmayer
| title = A is for Abductive: The Language of the Emerging Church
| location = Grand Rapids
| publisher = Zondervan
| year = 2003}}


*{{cite book
==Bibliography==
| author1 = Brian D. McLaren
*''The Church on the Other Side'' (Zondervan, 1998)
| author2 = Gareth Higgins
*''Finding Faith'' (Zondervan, 1999)
| title = The Seventh Story: Us, Them, and the End of Violence
*''A New Kind of Christian'' (Jossey-Bass, 2001)
| location =
*''More Ready Than You Realize: Evangelism as Dance in the Postmodern Matrix'' (Zondervan, 2002)
| publisher = Porch
*''A Is for Abductive'' (Zondervan, 2002)
| year = 2019}}
*''Adventures in Missing the Point'' (Emergent/YS, 2003)
*''Church in Emerging Culture: Five Perspectives'' (Zondervan Emergent/YS, 2003) ] (General Editor), with contributors ], Brian D. McLaren, ], ], ]
*''The Story We Find Ourselves In'' (Jossey-Bass, 2003)
*''A Generous Orthodoxy: Why I Am a Missional, Evangelical, Post/Protestant, Liberal/Conservative, Mystical/Poetic, Biblical, Charismatic/Contemplative, Fundamentalist/Calvinist, Anabaptist/Anglican, Methodist, Catholic, Green, Incarnational, Depressed-yet-Hopeful, Emergent, Unfinished CHRISTIAN'' (Zondervan, 2004)
*''The Last Word and the Word After That'' (Jossey-Bass, 2005)
*''The New Kind of Christian Trilogy - Limited Edition Boxed Set (A New Kind of Christian; The Story We Find Ourselves In; The Last Word and the Word After That)'' (Jossey-Bass, 2005)
*''The Secret Message of Jesus : Uncovering the Truth that Could Change Everything'' (W Publishing Group, April 2006)


===Books part of a Series===
==External references and links ==
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==Critical references==
| author1 = Brian D. McLaren
*Carson, D. A. ''Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Church''. Grand Rapids, Michigan Zondervan, 2005.
| author2 = Tony Campolo
*Erickson, Millard. ''Postmodernizing the Faith: Evangelical Responses to the Challenge of Postmodernism''. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 1998.
| title = Adventures in Missing the Point: How the Culture-Controlled Church Neutered the Gospel
*________; Helseth, Paul Kjoss; and Taylor, Justin eds. ''Reclaiming the Center: Confronting Evangelical Accommodation in Postmodern Times''. Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway Books, 2004.
| series = Emergent YS
*Smith, R. Scott. ''Truth and the New Kind of Christian: The Emerging Effects of Postmodernism in the Church''. Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway Books, 2005.
| location = Grand Rapids
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| publisher = Zondervan
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| year = 2003}}
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| author1 = Andy Crouch
| author2 = Michael Horton
| author3 = Frederica Mathewes-Green
| author4 = Brian D. McLaren
| author5 = Erwin Raphael McManus
| editor = Leoard Sweet
| title = The Church in Emerging Culture: Five Perspectives
| series = Emergent YS
| location = Grand Rapids
| publisher = Zondervan
| year = 2003}}
*{{cite book
| title = A Generous Orthodoxy: Why I am a missional + evangelical + post/protestant + liberal/conservative + mystical/poetic + biblical + charismatic/contemplative + fundamentalist/Calvinist + anabaptist/Anglican + Methodist + catholic + green + incarnational + depressed-yet-hopeful + emergent + unfinished Christian
| series = Emergent YS
| location = Grand Rapids
| publisher = Zondervan
| year = 2006}}
*{{cite book
| author1 = Brian D. McLaren
| author2 = Chris Seay
| title = The Dust off Their Feet: Lessons from the First Church
| series = The Voice
| location = Nashville
| publisher = Thomas Nelson
| year = 2006}}
*{{cite book
| author1 = Brian D. McLaren
| author2 = Chris Seay
| title = The Voice of Luke: Not Even Sandals
| series = The Voice
| location = Nashville
| publisher = Thomas Nelson
| year = 2007}}
*{{cite book
| title = Finding Faith: A Search for What is Real
| series = Finding Faith
| location = Grand Rapids
| publisher = Zondervan
| year = 2007}}
*{{cite book
| title = Finding Faith: A Search for What Makes Sense
| series = Finding Faith
| location = Grand Rapids
| publisher = Zondervan
| year = 2007}}
*{{cite book
| title = A New Kind of Christian: A Tale of Two Friends on a Spiritual Journey
| series = Jossey Bass Leadership Network
| location = Hoboken
| publisher = Jossey Bass
| year = 2008}}
*{{cite book
| title = The Last Word and the Word After That: A Tale of Faith, Doubt, and a New Kind of Christianity
| series = Jossey Bass Leadership Network
| location = Hoboken
| publisher = Jossey Bass
| year = 2008}}
*{{cite book
| author1 = Brian D. McLaren
| author2 = Phyllis Tickle
| title = Finding Our Way Again: The Return of the Ancient Practices
| series = Ancient Practices
| location = Nashville
| publisher = Thomas Nelson
| year = 2010}}
*{{cite book
| title = The Galapagos Islands: A Spiritual Journey
| series = On Location
| location = Minneapolis
| publisher = Fortress Press
| year = 2019}}


==Newspaper Articles== ===Co-edited volumes===
* "Evangelical Author Puts Progressive Spin On Traditional Faith" (Washington Post-September 10, 2006)


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==Notes==
| editor1 = Brian McLaren
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| editor2 = Elisa Padilla
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| editor3 = Ashley Bunting Seeber
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| title = The Justice Project
| series = Emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith
| location = Ada
| publisher = Baker
| year = 2009}}


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==Critical references==
* Carson, D. A. ''Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Church''. Grand Rapids, Michigan Zondervan, 2005.
* Erickson, Millard. ''Postmodernizing the Faith: Evangelical Responses to the Challenge of Postmodernism''. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 1998.
* ________; Helseth, Paul Kjoss; and Taylor, Justin eds. ''Reclaiming the Center: Confronting Evangelical Accommodation in Postmodern Times''. Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway Books, 2004.
* Smith, R. Scott. ''Truth and the New Kind of Christian: The Emerging Effects of Postmodernism in the Church''. Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway Books, 2005.

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://brianmclaren.net/}}
* (''Washington Post'', September 10, 2006)
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* by ReadTheSpirit.com
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American pastor and author (born 1956) For the Canadian sprinter, see Brian MacLaren.
The ReverendBrian D. McLaren
McLaren in 2012
Born1956 (age 68–69)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Maryland
ReligionChristianity
Congregations servedCedar Ridge Community Church, Spencerville, Maryland (1982–2006)

Brian D. McLaren (born 1956) is an author, speaker, activist, public theologian and was a leading figure in the emerging church movement. McLaren is often associated with postmodern Christianity.

Education and career

Raised in Rockville, Maryland in the conservative Open Brethren, part of the Plymouth Brethren, McLaren became attracted to the countercultural Jesus Movement in the 1970s. He is a faculty member and Dean of Faculty for the Centre for Action and Contemplation.

McLaren attended the University of Maryland where he received both a B.A. (1978) and M.A. (1981) He holds an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Carey Theological Seminary, Vancouver. In 2010 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Virginia Theological Seminary (Episcopal).

From 1978-1986 McLaren taught college English. He helped form Cedar Ridge Community Church, a non-denominational church in Spencerville, Maryland, in 1982. He was founding pastor and served in that capacity until 2006. The church eventually grew to include 500 members.

In 2011, McLaren defended Rob Bell's controversial book Love Wins against critiques from figures such as Albert Mohler, who argued that Bell advocated universalism.

In 2013, McLaren stated that he did not believe homosexual conduct to be sinful.

In 2015, McLaren was recognized by Time magazine as one of the 25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America.

Personal life

McLaren is married and has four children and five grandchildren. In September 2012, McLaren led a commitment ceremony for his son Trevor and partner Owen Ryan at the Audubon Naturalist Society in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

Publications

Children's Books

  • Brian D. McLaren; Gareth Higgins (2023). Cory and the Seventh Story. Illustrated by Anita Scmidt. New York: Crown.

Sole-authored Books

  • More Ready Than You Realize: The Power of Everyday Conversations. Grand Rapids: Zondervan. 2002.
  • Finding Faith: A Self-discovery Guide for Your Spiritual Quest. Grand Rapids: Zondervan. 1999.
  • The Church on the Other Side: Doing Ministry in a Postmodern Matrix. Grand Rapids: Zondervan. 2003.
  • The Secret Message of Jesus: Uncovering the Truth that Could Change Everything. Nashville: Thomas Nelson. 2006.
  • Everything Must Change: When the World's Biggest Problems and Jesus' Good News Collide. Nashville: Thomas Nelson. 2009.
  • A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions that are Transforming the Faith. San Francsico: HarperOne. 2010.
  • Naked Spirituality: A Life with God in 12 Simple Words. San Francsico: HarperOne. 2011.
  • Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Mohammed Cross the Road? Christian Identity in a Multi-Faith World. London: Hodder & Stoughton. 2012.
  • The Story We Find Ourselves In: Further Adventures of a New Kind of Christian. London: SPCK. 2013.
  • We Make the Road by Walking: A Year-Long Quest for Spiritual Formation, Reorientation, and Activation. Jericho Books. 2014.
  • Seeking Aliveness: Daily Reflections on a New Way to Experience and Practise the Christian Faith. Londo: Hodder & Stoughton. 2017.
  • The Great Spiritual Migration: How the World's Largest Religion Is Seeking a Better Way to Be Christian. Colorado Springs: Convergent. 2016.
  • Faith After Doubt: Why Your Beliefs Stopped Working and What to Do About it. Edinburgh: John Murray Press. 2021.
  • Do I Stay Christian?: A Guide for the Doubters, the Disappointed, and the Disillusioned. London: Hodder & Stoughton. 2022.
  • Life After Doom: Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart. London: Hachette. 2024.

Co-authored books

  • Leonard Sweet; Brian D. McLaren; Jerry Haselmayer (2003). A is for Abductive: The Language of the Emerging Church. Grand Rapids: Zondervan.
  • Brian D. McLaren; Gareth Higgins (2019). The Seventh Story: Us, Them, and the End of Violence. Porch.

Books part of a Series

  • Brian D. McLaren; Tony Campolo (2003). Adventures in Missing the Point: How the Culture-Controlled Church Neutered the Gospel. Emergent YS. Grand Rapids: Zondervan.
  • Andy Crouch; Michael Horton; Frederica Mathewes-Green; Brian D. McLaren; Erwin Raphael McManus (2003). Leoard Sweet (ed.). The Church in Emerging Culture: Five Perspectives. Emergent YS. Grand Rapids: Zondervan.
  • A Generous Orthodoxy: Why I am a missional + evangelical + post/protestant + liberal/conservative + mystical/poetic + biblical + charismatic/contemplative + fundamentalist/Calvinist + anabaptist/Anglican + Methodist + catholic + green + incarnational + depressed-yet-hopeful + emergent + unfinished Christian. Emergent YS. Grand Rapids: Zondervan. 2006.
  • Brian D. McLaren; Chris Seay (2006). The Dust off Their Feet: Lessons from the First Church. The Voice. Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
  • Brian D. McLaren; Chris Seay (2007). The Voice of Luke: Not Even Sandals. The Voice. Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
  • Finding Faith: A Search for What is Real. Finding Faith. Grand Rapids: Zondervan. 2007.
  • Finding Faith: A Search for What Makes Sense. Finding Faith. Grand Rapids: Zondervan. 2007.
  • A New Kind of Christian: A Tale of Two Friends on a Spiritual Journey. Jossey Bass Leadership Network. Hoboken: Jossey Bass. 2008.
  • The Last Word and the Word After That: A Tale of Faith, Doubt, and a New Kind of Christianity. Jossey Bass Leadership Network. Hoboken: Jossey Bass. 2008.
  • Brian D. McLaren; Phyllis Tickle (2010). Finding Our Way Again: The Return of the Ancient Practices. Ancient Practices. Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
  • The Galapagos Islands: A Spiritual Journey. On Location. Minneapolis: Fortress Press. 2019.

Co-edited volumes

  • Brian McLaren; Elisa Padilla; Ashley Bunting Seeber, eds. (2009). The Justice Project. Emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith. Ada: Baker.

See also

References

  1. "Brian McLaren: Postmodern Christianity Understood as Story". Christianpost.com. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  2. Murphy, Caryle (September 10, 2006). "Evangelical Author Puts Progressive Spin On Traditional Faith". Washington Post. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
  3. "Building on Richard Rohr's Founding Vision". cac.org. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
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Critical references

  • Carson, D. A. Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Church. Grand Rapids, Michigan Zondervan, 2005.
  • Erickson, Millard. Postmodernizing the Faith: Evangelical Responses to the Challenge of Postmodernism. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 1998.
  • ________; Helseth, Paul Kjoss; and Taylor, Justin eds. Reclaiming the Center: Confronting Evangelical Accommodation in Postmodern Times. Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway Books, 2004.
  • Smith, R. Scott. Truth and the New Kind of Christian: The Emerging Effects of Postmodernism in the Church. Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway Books, 2005.

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