Paul
Alan Laughlin's
Recent
Writings

Rethinking Christianity in
Light of the
World's Religions
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
(Click on either image for more information and
readers' reviews.)
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)

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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