Description
Building on the success of books offering key concepts in digestible form, Graham Tomlin writes for millennials and emerging adults who are seeking to make sense of life. Each of the ten chapters focuses on a common human experience - WONDER, LOVE, SUFFERING, SACRIFICE, SOUL, FREEDOM, TOGETHERNESS, CONNECTION, CHANGE, JOY - revealing how reflection on that experience points towards the God revealed in Christ. This is not a book of apologetics in the sense that it is arguing for the truth of Christianity; instead it shows how Christianity makes sense of our experience in a remarkably coherent way, opening up a much bigger and more exciting world than secular visions, or even other religious interpretations. It is written in a deliberately non-academic and popular style, though drawing on theological resources from the past.
Want to make sense of life? Graham Tomlin shows how the experiences we all face point to God in different ways. A powerful, counter-cultural book for millennials
About the Author
Graham Tomlin, formerly Dean (now President) of St Mellitus College and Principal of St Paul's Theological Centre, London, is Bishop of Kensington. Among his publications are Looking Beyond Brexit (SPCK, 2019), The Widening Circle (SPCK, 2014), Looking through the Cross: The Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent Book 2014 (Bloomsbury Continuum) and The Provocative Church (SPCK, fourth edition, 2014).
Reviews
I kept saying "YES!" as I turned the pages of this book. Again and again Graham Tomlin puts his finger on things I've struggled with both personally and professionally. He has a rare ability to make confusing things clear and complex things simple. Being Yourself pulls no punches. It gets right to the root of the Western psychosis, offering an ancient, time-tested, more hopeful alternative that rings deeply true. -- Pete Greig, 24-7 Prayer International & author of 'How To Pray' on 'Why Being Yourself is a Bad Idea'
Most books about religion are boring. This one isn't. It is intriguing and provocative, speaking to our deepest concerns and heaviest questions. In beautiful prose, and with a wide range of reference, Graham Tomlin unpacks a whole world . . . and it is a spacious and attractive one. This exposition of faith in the twenty-first century arrives at a simplicity the far side of complexity. The book is a real gift. -- James Mumford, author of Vexed: Ethics beyond political tribes on 'Why Being Yourself is a Bad Idea'
Tomlin does a fine job in finding a simple structure in which weighty theological conundrums can be tackled without defence or triumph. * Church Times on 'Why Being Yourself is a Bad Idea' *
This book presents Christianity in a fresh way for the times. -- Winston Marshall, Mumford & Sons on 'Why Being Yourself is a Bad Idea'
One of the best, most honest, most theologically grounded and therefore most practically helpful books on evangelism to have come out in recent years. -- Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York on 'The Provocative Church'
A refreshingly honest book from a theologian who clearly knows that most of society doesn't think the way the church does, and wants to do something about it. * Church of England Newspaper on 'The Provocative Church' *
Here we have a gripping (even exciting) new approach to priesthood . . . almost every page is rich with biblical, theological, historical and practical wisdom - to be read, considered, and then read again! -- Gordon Kuhrt * Anvil on 'The Widening Circle' *
Book Information
ISBN 9780281081790
Author Graham Tomlin
Format Paperback
Page Count 160
Imprint SPCK Publishing
Publisher SPCK Publishing
Want to make sense of life? Graham Tomlin shows how the experiences we all face point to God in different ways. A powerful, counter-cultural book for millennials
About the Author
Graham Tomlin, formerly Dean (now President) of St Mellitus College and Principal of St Paul's Theological Centre, London, is Bishop of Kensington. Among his publications are Looking Beyond Brexit (SPCK, 2019), The Widening Circle (SPCK, 2014), Looking through the Cross: The Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent Book 2014 (Bloomsbury Continuum) and The Provocative Church (SPCK, fourth edition, 2014).
Reviews
I kept saying "YES!" as I turned the pages of this book. Again and again Graham Tomlin puts his finger on things I've struggled with both personally and professionally. He has a rare ability to make confusing things clear and complex things simple. Being Yourself pulls no punches. It gets right to the root of the Western psychosis, offering an ancient, time-tested, more hopeful alternative that rings deeply true. -- Pete Greig, 24-7 Prayer International & author of 'How To Pray' on 'Why Being Yourself is a Bad Idea'
Most books about religion are boring. This one isn't. It is intriguing and provocative, speaking to our deepest concerns and heaviest questions. In beautiful prose, and with a wide range of reference, Graham Tomlin unpacks a whole world . . . and it is a spacious and attractive one. This exposition of faith in the twenty-first century arrives at a simplicity the far side of complexity. The book is a real gift. -- James Mumford, author of Vexed: Ethics beyond political tribes on 'Why Being Yourself is a Bad Idea'
Tomlin does a fine job in finding a simple structure in which weighty theological conundrums can be tackled without defence or triumph. * Church Times on 'Why Being Yourself is a Bad Idea' *
This book presents Christianity in a fresh way for the times. -- Winston Marshall, Mumford & Sons on 'Why Being Yourself is a Bad Idea'
One of the best, most honest, most theologically grounded and therefore most practically helpful books on evangelism to have come out in recent years. -- Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York on 'The Provocative Church'
A refreshingly honest book from a theologian who clearly knows that most of society doesn't think the way the church does, and wants to do something about it. * Church of England Newspaper on 'The Provocative Church' *
Here we have a gripping (even exciting) new approach to priesthood . . . almost every page is rich with biblical, theological, historical and practical wisdom - to be read, considered, and then read again! -- Gordon Kuhrt * Anvil on 'The Widening Circle' *
Book Information
ISBN 9780281081790
Author Graham Tomlin
Format Paperback
Page Count 160
Imprint SPCK Publishing
Publisher SPCK Publishing
