A Better Story
by Glynn Harrison | Book Summary
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Author: Glynn Harrison
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Christians do not only find themselves holding a minority moral opinion but one that is viewed as threatening and even immoral by the prevailing culture. What has driven this moral revolution? Most of all, it has harnessed the moral power of story, making bold promises of a better world. Meanwhile, Christians have been left behind, still battling a subculture of shame where sex is concerned, tripping over the plausibility structures that have been built against them rendering their arguments ineffective and, above all, failing to spot the power of narrative in the so-called culture war. But what if we didn't fail here? What if we were able to grasp with joy the better story that Christianity has to tell, of humanity created as sexual beings in God's image, who flourish when they live according to His design? It's a powerful story — one worth pondering. |
Glynn Harrison was formerly professor of Psychiatry at Bristol University, England and a practicing consultant psychiatrist. He is also a former president of the International Federation of Psychiatric Epidemiology, and advisor to the World Health Organization.
He has built up considerable experience as a well-known speaker in the UK on issues of faith, psychology, mental health and neuroscience. He is an Anglican lay minister and preaches occasionally at his church in Bristol.In addition to A Better Story, he is author of The Big Ego Trip, and co-author of Swipe Up: A Better Way to do Love, Sex and Relationships.
A Better Story
by Glynn Harrison
[ Book Summary ]
| Author | Glynn Harrison |
| Publisher | IVP |
| Date | January 19, 2017 |
| Pages | 236 |
Overview:
The cultural shift over the past 20-50 years has been breathtaking in its scope and speed. From a culture which broadly accepted a Christian morality of sex and marriage, we have witnessed a revolution that has seemingly changed everything.
Christians do not only find themselves holding a minority moral opinion but one that is viewed as threatening and even immoral by the prevailing culture.
What has driven this moral revolution? Most of all, it has harnessed the moral power of story, making bold promises of a better world.
Meanwhile, Christians have been left behind, still battling a subculture of shame where sex is concerned, tripping over the plausibility structures that have been built against them rendering their arguments ineffective and, above all, failing to spot the power of narrative in the so-called culture war.
But what if we didn't fail here? What if we were able to grasp with joy the better story that Christianity has to tell, of humanity created as sexual beings in God's image, who flourish when they live according to His design?
It's a powerful story — one worth pondering.
Glynn Harrison was formerly professor of Psychiatry at Bristol University, England and a practicing consultant psychiatrist. He is also a former president of the International Federation of Psychiatric Epidemiology, and advisor to the World Health Organization.
He has built up considerable experience as a well-known speaker in the UK on issues of faith, psychology, mental health and neuroscience. He is an Anglican lay minister and preaches occasionally at his church in Bristol.In addition to A Better Story, he is author of The Big Ego Trip, and co-author of Swipe Up: A Better Way to do Love, Sex and Relationships.