Invite a friend as well-the conversation's just getting started. So pull up a chair, order your favorite drink, and settle in with this delightful and stimulating book. Bryan Berghoef captures something of the relaxed and relational dynamic that makes these discussions so pleasurable, while at the same time wrestling with serious theological questions.
Phyllis Tickle, author of The Great Emergence: How Christianity Is Changing and Why Some of the best theological conversations happen over a beer at the pub. With his conversationally written and accessible reportage, he has also created something close to a manual for those who want to initiate a pub theology circle or simply find and join one. So what are you waiting for? Pull up a chair and join the conversationBryan Berghoef has given us the most complete presentation to date of what pub theology is, why it exists, and what it contributes to the lives and faiths of an increasing number of Christians. Real-life stories gleaned from conversations and encounters during pub theology gatherings, combined with the author's own experience in grappling with these issues, make for an intriguing and enlightening read. A faith that will have a seat at the table in the important religious conversations our world is having. A faith that seeks not to teach, but to learn not to speak, but to listen. Yet what if God is to be found in places we haven't been looking at all: in a coworker who doesn't believe in God, in a Buddhist neighbor, in a friend who prefers a yoga studio to a sanctuary? This book will move readers to shift toward a more chastened, humble, and inviting faith. Berghoef contends that for too long the church has insisted on setting the terms for how one can find and encounter God. In Pub Theology, pastor, writer, and pub theologian Bryan Berghoef draws from his own experience in one such setting in northern Michigan. "item_description" : "From London to New York to Ann Arbor, people are gathering in pubs and bars to communicate, connect, and learn from one another over the topic of religion, of all things.
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