A pioneering voyage into a postmodern world
by
Tom Norris
A Fresh Cup of Tolerance
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DEDICATION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
Birthings
PART I: THE DIALOGUE
CHAPTER I
THE SPIRITUAL MASTERS CONFERENCE
CHAPTER II: A NEW DAY
Dawning
CHAPTER III
A NEW 21ST CENTURY EARTH
Renewal
New American Faces
Message of Messenger
CHAPTER IV
ESCAPING THE SHEEPLE HERD
New Age
The Universalist Church
CHAPTER V
WHY BE A UNIVERSALIST? BECAUSE GOD IS A UNIVERSALIST
Creative Tension between Christian and Universalist
The New Dialogue
Mitakuye Oyasin (All Our Relations)
PART II: THE THEOLOGY
CHAPTER VI
JUST WHO IS THIS GOD GUY OR GAL ANYWAY?
(ON THE NATURE OF GOD)
The Many and the One, The One and the Many
God as Friend and Lover?
Great Mystery
Hidden Foundations
CHAPTER VII
ASK GOD.COM
(ON THE NATURE OF REVELATION)
Darwin or Genesis?
Revelation-in-Action
Mysticism is Alive and Well on Mother Earth
CHAPTER VIII
YE ARE GODS!
(ON THE NATURE OF HUMANKIND)
Body and Soul
The Christ and Buddha Within
The Ahimsa Way
CHAPTER IX
PANDORA'S BOX
(ON THE NATURE OF GOOD, EVIL, SIN AND SUFFERING)
Lives of Han (Suffering)
Dead Zones
Return to Hope
CHAPTER X
SEEING THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY
(ON THE NATURE OF ILLUSION)
Veils and More Veils
We Are What We Think
The Way Out
CHAPTER XI
ALL WE NEED IS LOVE
(ON THE NATURE OF LOVE AND COMMUNITY)
Religious Seekers and Universalists Today
The Search is for Love and Community
Spiritual Psychobabble and Belongingness
CHAPTER XII
THE FREEDOM EXPRESS
(ON THE NATURE OF LIBERATION)
Liberation Theology
Green Theology
Transforming Oppressor and Oppressed
Universalism and Personal Liberation
The Words and Teachings of the Mahatmas (Great
Ones)
Judaism and the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament and
The Tanakh)
Christianity and the New Testament
Islam and Muhammad
Eastern Religions
Indigenous and Shamanic Religions
CHAPTER XIII
ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE
(ON THE NATURE OF DIVINE PURPOSE)
Awaken
Just Because
No Coincidences
Lightwork
PART III: THE PRAXIS—LIGHT LIVING
CHAPTER XIV
LOST IN TRANSLATION
(UNIVERSALISM AND SACRED TEXTS)
Is Scripture Everything?
The Theology of Story
CHAPTER XV
REFLECTIONS ON A SOCIETAL THEME
The Times They are a’ Changin’
The Human Connection: Living in the Xbox
Some Sociological Musings
Utilitarian Consequences and Durkheim’s Glue
Marx’s Opium
Weber’s Cage
Microstories
Reflections on a Sociological Theme
CHAPTER XVI
THE NEW PARADIGM
The Age of Aquarius
Daddy-King God
All We Need is Love
New Models for a New Way
PART IV: THE PRAXIS—LIGHT WORK
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CHAPTER XVII
STRUCTURE OR PRISON
(ON THE NATURE OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE)
Breakout from the Iron Cage
Wheel, Spokes and Hub
It Is About the Size (and the Message)
Virtual Circles
Networking and Marketing
All Our Resources
CHAPTER XVIII
WHO'S IN COMMAND?
(ON THE NATURE OF ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP)
The Responsibilities of Command
Gurus Need Not Apply
Dealbreakers in Leadership and Organizational Success
Walking the Walk
Facilitator Model of Leadership
CHAPTER XIX
STAY THE COURSE
(ON THE NATURE OF ORGANIZATIONAL MISSION)
The Purpose and Ethos
Teaching, Learning, Praying, Meditating, Enjoying
Specialized Missions
Network Advocacy
Field of Dreams
Afterword
APPENDIX 1: UNIVERSALIST SPIRITUAL MANIFESTO
APPENDIX 2: The Little Church That Could