{"product_id":"christianity-lite-a-pastors-struggle-with-a-heavy-handed-religion-paperback","title":"Christianity Lite: A Pastor's Struggle with a Heavy-Handed Religion - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJimmy R. Watson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristianity is collapsing under its own weight. In much of its institutional, localized, and individualized forms, the church has become a bastion of heavy-handed dogma and unrelenting limitations. Its ethos appeals primarily to those who see no other option but to get in line and stay in their lane. There is no shortage of thinkers that would love to forge a new path through this malaise. As a pastor who has witnessed firsthand the last thirty-five years of this quandary, Jimmy R. Watson stumbled upon a philosophical approach--an attitude--that could help the church throw off its ankle weights so it can run the race of faith with freedom and flexibility. After reading the late Daniel Dennett's comment about \"Religion Lite\" in Atlantic Monthly in late summer of 2023, Watson thought that just as we are being asked to leave behind a lighter carbon footprint, maybe we should consider leaving behind a lighter Christian footprint. From that moment on, he began writing these essays, all of which reflect a Christianity that is less heavy-handed and more light-hearted, less constraining and more creative, less oppressive and more open, for a twenty-first-century church.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJimmy R. Watson is a United Church of Christ pastor. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eBig Jesus: A Pastor's Struggle with Christology \u003c\/i\u003e(2015) and \u003ci\u003ePeople Are No Damn Good: A Pastor's Struggle with Ethics and Morality \u003c\/i\u003e(2022).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 170\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.37 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 21, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42738769133664,"sku":"9798385255603","price":35.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/Wmp-WhLDOL9798385255603.webp?v=1777971161","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/christianity-lite-a-pastors-struggle-with-a-heavy-handed-religion-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}