INTRODUCTION XI
1 IS THERE A GOD?
1
2 CREATION OF THE UNIVERSE
12
3 ART REFLECTING THE SOUL OF THE ARTIST
22
4 DOES GOD REALLY CARE?
26
5 THE BIBLE: HISTORY OR MYTH?
33
6 JESUS, EMMANU-EL
47
7 ORGANIZING THE NEW KINGDOM
57
8 THE RAISING OF LAZARUS
68
9 THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS
72
10 THE FIFTY DAYS THAT FOLLOWED 77
11 LIFE AFTER JESUS LEFT 85
12 DIFFICULT CHOICES 89
13 JOURNEY ALONG A NEW ROAD 98
14 UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
15 CONSTANTINE AND POPE SAINT GREGORY THE GREAT 122
16 THE MYSTERY OF THE CHURCH 130
17 CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE AND THE EUCHARIST 143
18 THE CHURCH AND SCRIPTURE 153
19 THE GATES OF HELL SHALL NOT PREVAIL 161
20 THE CHURCH AND DEMOCRACY 173
21 JESUS: A PROBLEM FOR THE CHURCHES? 184
22 ECUMENISM 189
23 CONFESSION: THE SACRAMENT OF PEACE 195
24 CELIBACY: MANDATORY OR OPTIONAL? 199
25 DEATH AND DYING 204
26 WHAT IS SIN? 211
27 WHAT IS CHRISTIANITY? 218
28 WHAT IS THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT? 225
29 FORGIVENESS 233
EPILOGUE 237