{"product_id":"naked-spirituality-book-brian-d-mclaren-9780061854019","title":"Naked Spirituality","description":"\u003cp\u003eChristianity is in crisis. Many sincere Christians feel their traditional Christian practices are in danger of becoming irrelevant, empty rituals. In his previous book \u003cem\u003eA New Kind of Christianity\u003c\/em\u003e, Brian D. McLaren offered new biblical models for how we understand the central ideas of a faith that provides hope for restoring and reinvigorating the power of the gospels to transform us and our communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eNaked Spirituality\u003c\/em\u003e, McLaren takes his prophetic work a step further by confronting how the lack of a simple, doable, durable spirituality undermines the very transformation God is calling us to undergo. As a result, our religious structures become tools to maintain the status quo and not catalysts for personal and social change. McLaren presents a four-stage framework for understanding the spiritual life, and he unfolds spiritual practices appropriate to each stage. Each practice is rooted in a simple word: \u003cem\u003ehere, thanks, O, sorry, help, please, when, no, why, behold, yes\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003esilence\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eNaked Spirituality\u003c\/em\u003e offers accessible, practical wisdom for living a truly spiritual life. Staying true to Jesus's core message while engaging faithfully with our postmodern world, McLaren presents a proven spiritual program for engaging in and sustaining a meaningful relationship with God.\u003c\/p\u003e--Christian Century","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49569751007505,"sku":"GOR007166638","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":49758387208465,"sku":"CIN0061854018A","price":3.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49794139095313,"sku":"CIN0061854018G","price":4.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50611070271761,"sku":"CIN0061854018VG","price":4.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53239883268369,"sku":"GOR014823481","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0061854018.jpg?v=1750778928","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/naked-spirituality-book-brian-d-mclaren-9780061854019","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}