TY  - BOOK
AU  - Horton,Michael Scott
TI  - Christless Christianity: the alternative gospel of the American church 
SN  - 9780801013188
AV  - BR1642.H823.C475 2008 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Grand Rapids, Michigan
PB  - Baker
KW  - Jesus Christ
N1  - 1 (pages 261-270); Christless Christianity:  The American captivity of the Church --; Naming our captivity: moralistic, therapeutic deism --; Smooth talk and Christless Christianity --; How we turn good news into good advice --; Your own personal Jesus --; Delivering Christ: the message and the medium --; A call to the resistance; 2; 2; https://ciu.libwizard.com/f/copyright-requests
N2  - Horton argues that while we invoke the name of Christ, too often Christ and the Christ-centered gospel are pushed aside. The result is a message and a faith that are, in Horton's words, "trivial, sentimental, affirming, and irrelevant." This alternative "gospel" is a message of moralism, personal comfort, self-help, self-improvement, and individualistic religion. It trivializes God, making him a means to our selfish ends. Horton skillfully diagnoses the problem and points to the solution: a return to the unadulterated gospel of salvation. ~ from publisher description
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0903/2008023631.html
ER  -