Marcus J. Borg

“Salvation Is More About This Life than an Afterlife”

— Marcus J. Borg

“But believing something to be true has nothing to do with whether it is true.”

— Marcus J. Borg

“But “having dominion over” meant something very different from what it has often been understood to mean. It refers to the relationship…

— Marcus J. Borg

“The political vision of the religious right is for the most part an individualistic politics of righteousness, not a communal politics of…

— Marcus J. Borg

“The heaven-and-hell framework has four central elements: the afterlife, sin and forgiveness, Jesus’s dying for our sins, and believing.”

— Marcus J. Borg

“The notion that there was one “right” way of seeing things disappeared. This was enormously liberating, even if a bit alarming. But…

— Marcus J. Borg

“More than half described Christians as literalistic, anti-intellectual, judgmental, self-righteous, and bigoted.”

— Marcus J. Borg

“The book of Proverbs makes the same point: Those who oppress the poor insult their Maker, but those who are kind to…

— Marcus J. Borg

“Our images of God matter. Just as how we conceptualize God affects what we think the Christian life is about, so do…

— Marcus J. Borg

“Its meanings include: The risen Christ journeys with us, is with us, whether we know it or not. Sometimes there are moments…

— Marcus J. Borg

“Because modern critical thinking is corrosive of conventional religious beliefs, some Christians reject applying it to the Bible and Christianity. The result…

— Marcus J. Borg

“When we read Paul, we are reading somebody else’s mail—and unless we know the situation being addressed, his letters can be quite…

— Marcus J. Borg

“How we think about God matters. It affects the credibility of religion in general and of Christianity in particular. Our concept of…

— Marcus J. Borg

“This book might also be seen as “a Christian primer.” A primer teaches us how to read. Reading is not just about…

— Marcus J. Borg

“The word “sacrament” also has a broader meaning. In the study of religion, a sacrament is commonly defined as a mediator of…

— Marcus J. Borg

“a worldwide flood destroyed all life on earth about five thousand years ago requires denying an immense amount of generally accepted knowledge—from…

— Marcus J. Borg

“We learned, in the opening words of the Lord’s Prayer, that God is “in heaven.” But we also learned that God is…

— Marcus J. Borg

“Critical thinking is an unavoidable part of growing up. We do not become adults without it. But in the modern world, this…

— Marcus J. Borg

“Other prophets, other messiahs, came and went in Jesus’ day. Routinely, they died violently at the hands of the pagan enemy. Their…

— Marcus J. Borg

“In a number of workshops, I have asked people whether they have had one or more experiences that they would identify as…

— Marcus J. Borg

“Jesus died for our sins” has been understood. Among some Christians, it is seen as an essential doctrinal element in the Christian…

— Marcus J. Borg

“God wills our liberation, our exodus from Egypt. God wills our reconciliation, our return from exile. God wills our enlightenment, our seeing.…

— Marcus J. Borg

“Our central problem is not sin and guilt, as it is within the monarchical model. For the Spirit model, our central problem…

— Marcus J. Borg

“But Christian illiteracy is only the first part of the crisis. Even more seriously, even for those who think they speak “Christian”…

— Marcus J. Borg

“The Politics of the Bible The key to seeing the political passion of the Bible is hearing and understanding its primary voices…

— Marcus J. Borg

“By the time I began college, anxiety about hell had disappeared—not because I was confident that I was “saved,” but because the…

— Marcus J. Borg

“These questions can be used by individual readers and also in reading groups in which participants are invited to share their memories…

— Marcus J. Borg

“The spoken word has come to dominate many Protestant forms of worship: the words of prayers, responsive readings, Scripture, the sermon, and…

— Marcus J. Borg