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Holy Disunity
- Author
- Layton E. Williams
- Narrator
- Kate Mulligan
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 7 January 2020
- Run Time
- 9 hours 31 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
These days, there’s no dirtier word than “divisive,” especially in religious and political circles. Claiming a controversial opinion, talking about our differences, even sharing our doubts can be seen as threatening to the goal of unity. But what if unity shouldn’t be our goal?
In Holy Disunity: How What Separates Us Can Save Us, Layton E. Williams proposes that our primary calling as humans is not to create unity but rather to seek authentic relationship with God, ourselves, one another, and the world around us. And that means actively engaging those with whom we disagree. Our religious, political, social, and cultural differences can create doubt and tension, but disunity also provides surprising gifts of perspective and grace. By analyzing conflict and rifts in both modern culture and scripture, Williams explores how our disagreements and differences—our disunity—can ultimately redeem us.
Critics Review
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“Williams uses real-world experience to illustrate how people with different viewpoints can find common ground…Highly recommended for general readers, seminarians, church groups, and local community organizers.”
Library Journal
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“Layton Williams’s voice and experience are much-needed in our current political, theological, and cultural climate.”
Kathy Escobar, author of Faith Shift
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Details
- Author
- Layton E. Williams
- Narrator
- Kate Mulligan
- Duration
- 9 hours 31 minutes
- Release Date
- 7 January 2020
- ISBN
- 9781094066264
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Christian life and practice, Religious social and pastoral thought and activity, Christianity, Social and cultural anthropology
Synopsis
These days, there’s no dirtier word than “divisive,” especially in religious and political circles. Claiming a controversial opinion, talking about our differences, even sharing our doubts can be seen as threatening to the goal of unity. But what if unity shouldn’t be our goal?In Holy Disunity: How What Separates Us Can Save Us, Layton E. Williams proposes that our primary calling as humans is not to create unity but rather to seek authentic relationship with God, ourselves, one another, and the world around us. And that means actively engaging those with whom we disagree. Our religious, political, social, and cultural differences can create doubt and tension, but disunity also provides surprising gifts of perspective and grace. By analyzing conflict and rifts in both modern culture and scripture, Williams explores how our disagreements and differences—our disunity—can ultimately redeem us.
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