He Wants His Religion Back
“Jesus wants His religion back . . . so it can be for the world again.”
So begins this expertly written book by Ken Wilson, a pastor, practitioner and pilgrim, to engage those drawn to the fascinating figure buried in the messy field of religion. Jesus Brand Spirituality is for those disillusioned by the current swirl of cultural conflict, moralism, and religious meanness that amounts to a form of trademark infringement on the movement that bears his name. With candor, curiosity, and keen insight, Wilson invites readers to follow the emerging spiritual path of Jesus, one step at a time, to create a world infused by love.
“I left the church because too many self described ‘Christians’ mainly wanted Jesus to do something for them. I thought that what Jesus had to say was more challenging than whether he was God, and if he was, he didn’t need me to tell him. So I left church to look for what Jesus was talking about. But this book makes me wonder whether, had Ken Wilson been my pastor, I might have stayed.”
—Carl Safina, author of Song for the Blue Ocean and Eye of the Albatross
“Ken Wilson is on a pilgrimage to dig down through the debris that both friend and foe have heaped on Jesus. Jesus Brand Spirituality is not for those with nice, neat, tidy faith. It is for searching and sincere truth pilgrims who are serious about discovering the ‘brand’ that goes with Jesus.”
—Bert Waggoner, President and National Director, Vineyard USA
“This is not a beautiful book (though it is hardly an ugly one). This, instead, is a book that contains niches and corridors and apses of beauty that catch my thorax and make me feel the salt and burn of beauty rising.”
–Phyllis Tickle, Compiler of The Divine Hours, from the foreword