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Rethinking Christianity in
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Many philosophers and theologians have talked about a "Great Chain of Being."
  While that certainly is important, it cannot be understood without attention
to the Great Web of Wisdom woven by the sages past and present . . .
tangles and all.

                                   - Sri Abhidharma Satyananda
                                   (Swami Mahajnana)


 
The Books

   


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It is said that when the student is ready, the teacher will come;
and that is true.  But what they don't tell you is that both
will encounter truth, if at all, only unexpectedly.

                                   - Sri Abhidharma Satyananda
                                   (Swami Mahajnana)


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The Articles

(More titles and .pdf files to be uploaded soon.)

        "Heretics or Heroes? Reclaiming the Heretics for Progressive
                  Purposes" plus five other short articles in Rex A. E. Hunt
                  and John W. H. Smith, Why Weren't We Told?: A Handbook
                  on Progressive Christianity.
Santa Rosa, CA: Polebridge
                  Press, 2012. (Click here.)

        "A Mystical Christian Credo" in Charles W. Hedrick, ed., When
                  Faith Meets Reason: Religion Scholars Reflect on Their
                 Spiritual Journeys
. Santa Rosa, CA: Polebridge Press, 2008.
(Click here.)

        "Seicho no Ie," in Melton, J. Gordon and Martin Baumann, 
                  eds. Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia
                  of
Beliefs and Practices. 2nd ed.  6 vols. Santa Barbara, CA:
                  ABC-Clio, 2010. (Click here.)

         
         "Pray Without Seeking: Toward a Truly Mystical Lord's Prayer,
                   Part Two," The Fourth R 22-6 (November-December 2009):
                   20-24.
       
        "Pray Without Seeking: Toward a Truly Mystical Lord's Prayer,
                   Part One," The Fourth R 22-5 (September-October 2009):
                   15, 18-20, 28.

       "An Aunt Jemima Father, a Handyman Son, and a Tinkerbell Holy
                  Spirit: A Theological Review of William Paul Young's Semi-
                  Radical Yet Best-Selling Christian Novel, The Shack," The
                  Fourth R
22:2 (March-April 2009): 21-22, 26.

       "A Mystical Christian Credo: From Experience to Expression."
                 The Fourth R
20-5 (September-October 2007): 3-9, 18. .

        "Putting the Historical Jesus in His Place, Part 2: A Spiral Dynamics
                  Perspective," The Fourth R 19:3 (May-June 2006): 9-15, 20.

        "Putting the Historical Jesus in His Place, Part 1: A New Thought
                 Christian Perspective," The Fourth R 19:1 (January-February
                  2006): 11-13, 17-18.

 
Paul Alan Laughlin, "The Once and Future Christ of Faith:
           Promising Options Beyond the History-Faith Dichotomy,"
        The Fourth R
18:2 (March-April 2005): 2-7, 18; reprinted
 by permission in Zion's Herald (July-August 2005).
(Click here.)

     Paul Alan Laughlin, "Putting the Historical Jesus in His Place
Part 1: A New Thought Christian Perspective," The Fourth R 19:1
   (January-February 2006): 11-13, 17-18.  (Click here.)
 
Paul Alan Laughlin, "Putting the Historical Jesus in His Place:
           Part 2: A Spiral Dynamics Perspective," The Fourth R 19:3
   (May-June 2006): 9-15, 20.  (Click here.)

Paul Alan Laughlin, "A Mystical Christian Credo:
From Experience to Expression," The Fourth R 19:3
   (September-October 2007): 3-9, 18.  (Click here.)


Paul Alan Laughlin, "An Aunt Jemima Father,
a Handyman Son, and a Tinkerbell Holy Spirit:
A Theological Review of William Paul Young's
Semi-Radical, Yet Best-Selling Nvoel, The Shack,"
The Fourth R 22:2 (March-April 2009): 21-22, 26.
  (Click here.)


Paul Alan Laughlin, "Pray Without Seeking:
Toward a Truly Mystical Lord's Prayer," Part 1
The Fourth R 22:5 (September-October 2009):
15, 18-20, 28.  (Click here.)


Paul Alan Laughlin, "Pray Without Seeking:
Toward a Truly Mystical Lord's Prayer," Part 2
The Fourth R 22:6 (November-December 2009):
  20-24.  (Click here.)




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