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rise of church in fall of, 68
See also Constantine, Emperor; imperial church Romero, Oscar Arnulfo, 183–184, 187–191, 193
Rowan, Stephen C., 75
Saddleback church, 12, 76
“Saint Manuel Bueno, Martyr,” (short story; Unamuno), 3–4, 27–28
salvation, 148, 149
Sartre, Jean-Paul, 31–33, 53
science, 22–23, 25–26, 33, 34, 182–183
Second Coming, 146–149, 151
Second Vatican Council, 97, 114, 125, 219
Secretariat for Nonbelievers, 125–126, 219
Seek That Which Is Above (Ratzinger), 117–118
self, 29–31, 34–35, 49
Septuagint, 157
Shakespeare, William, 30
shalom. See Kingdom of God Sharma, Arvind, 129
Shintoism, 80, 223
similarities between Age of Faith/Spirit content/practice of the faith, 76–77, 175, 222
experiencing internal conflict, 14–15, 177–178
geographic spread and diversity, 173–174
similarities between Age of Faith/Spirit — lack of hierarchy, 8, 19, 61, 174
learning from the past, 55–57, 82, 172
summary of, 19–20, 71
social engagement Christian fundamentalist’s lack of, 143, 147–149
contemporary models for, 171–173
as Muslim religious duty, 214–215
by Pentecostals, 138, 202–203, 205
spirituality leading to deeper, 2, 11–12
See also liberation theology Soka Gakkai movement, 216–217, 223
speaking in tongues, 52–53, 56, 93, 200
Spirit. See Holy Spirit spirituality, 10–14, 22, 23, 56
St. Francis of Assisi, 171–173, 183
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 165
Star Trek (TV series), 31
symbolism, 24–28, 75–76, 100–102
syncretism, 116–117
Tauler, Eckhart, 11
Tertullian, 87
texts, false, 88–91
Theodora, 180–181
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 206
Unamuno, Miguel, 3, 27
unbelievers/unbelief, 16–18, 28, 125, 183, 219
unity, 57–60, 97, 101–104
Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG), 209
universe, mystery of the, 24–28
utopia, 44–45, 48
Vatican City, 115
Vatican Secretariat for Nonbelievers, 125–126, 219
violence, religious, 6–7, 129–132, 170
Virgin Birth of Christ, 148, 149
Virgin Mary, 74, 119–120, 157, 159
Waldensians, 109–110
Waldo, Peter, 109
Wax, Seth, 11–12
“the Way,” 77–78, 174
Weil, Simone, 4
Wenzl, Robert, 137
Wesley, John, 145
Wesleyans, 145–146
Williams, Rowan, 162
Woman’s Bible, The, 165
women, 55, 85, 179–181, 223
World Council of Churches, 85
worldviews cultural, 37–38, 116–117, 119, 174, 222
differences in religious and cultural, 37–38, 128–129
internalization of, 38–39
mystery common to all, 37, 38
religious, 37–39
See also Judeo-Christian tradition Wuthnow, Robert, 12–13
Yamamori, Tetsunao, 202, 203, 211
Zizola, Giancarlo, 125–126
About the Author
HARVEY COX is the Hollis Professor of Divinity emeritus at Harvard, where he has taught since 1965, both at Harvard Divinity School and in the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The Future of Faith is being published to coincide with Cox’s retirement in 2009. His book The Secular City, published in 1965, became an international bestseller and has sold over one million copies; it is widely regarded as one of the most influential books of Protestant theology in the twentieth century.
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