{"product_id":"how-western-christianity-got-it-wrong-replacing-the-god-of-fear-with-a-spirituality-of-healing","title":"How Western Christianity Got It Wrong: Replacing the God of Fear with a Spirituality of Healing","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: How I Started My Path to Truth\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: How Platonic Dualism Ruined Everything\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: How People Stopped Seeing the Bible as Stories\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: How the Church Was Overtaken by Doctrine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: How the West Won a Monopoly on Sin and Salvation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: How Hell Was Born\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 7: How Atonement Theories Fall Short\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 8: How Destiny Theologies Deceive Us\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 9: How to Unearth Jesus's Message\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 10: How All Creation Gets Restored\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 11: How We Recover from Western Christianity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 12: How to Find Courage for the Days Ahead\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Randy Woodley is a trustworthy prophetic voice teaching the harmonious wisdom of Indigenous peoples and the way of Jesus. \u003ci\u003eHow Western Christianity Got It Wrong\u003c\/i\u003e gives us a much-needed healing vision for the future by looking honestly at Christianity's past, problems, patterns, and possibilities.\" --\u003cb\u003eFr. Richard Rohr\u003c\/b\u003e, OFM, founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation; author of The Tears of Things\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Our Chickamauga Cherokee prophet isga gua, who spoke of a need for 'universal brotherhoods-sisterhood, ' nevertheless characterized the 'white man's churches' as desolate places filled with 'spirits of blindness' lying in wait to possess the unwary. Randy Woodley stands, a courageous voice in the wilderness, calling for the casting out of these spirits of blindness and the opening of eyes to see.\" --\u003cb\u003euku jisquoquo asequoi (Robert Francis)\u003c\/b\u003e, First Fire Feeder \/ Peace Chief at the Daksi Gatiyo (Chickamauga Cherokee Ceremonial Grounds)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Honest, vulnerable, respectful, yet fierce. Anyone drawn to this book already knows\u003ci\u003e that\u003c\/i\u003e Western Christianity got it wrong. Randy Woodley's remarkable book helps us place the reasons \u003ci\u003ewhy\u003c\/i\u003e. By the end, you get that following Jesus is a journey largely disconnected from just about everything in Western culture and religion. But it's not all problems. Woodley lovingly affirms what your intuition already knows: that spirituality, even for us Western humans from the Christ tradition, is intimately connected with the aliveness of all creation.\" --\u003cb\u003eVictoria Loorz\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eChurch of the Wild\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eField Guide to Church of the Wild\u003c\/i\u003e; founder of Wild Church Network and The Center for Wild Spirituality\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I can't think of a book anywhere that does what this book does as powerfully as this book does. It gets to the heart of what's gone wrong in Western Christianity and then gets to the heart of what is needed. Randy Woodley is the right person to write this book, and he accomplishes so much in twelve hard-hitting, no-nonsense, deeply intelligent, clearly written, heartfelt chapters. Every seminarian should read this book, along with every pastor and priest, and every Christian and post-Christian.\" --\u003cb\u003eBrian D. McLaren\u003c\/b\u003e, author of\u003ci\u003e Life After Doom\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDo I Stay Christian?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Randy Woodley's critique of Western Christianity is so blistering and comprehensive that it would be easy for those of us still committed to some version of it to respond with defensive dismissiveness. Instead, in light of the manifest corruptions of our tradition, in the past and today, it is time to open our minds and hearts even to the most radical critiques. I urge all believers in Jesus to consider seriously both the critique and the winsome constructive account of the way of Jesus that our brother offers here.\" --\u003cb\u003eRev. Dr. David P. Gushee\u003c\/b\u003e, Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics, Mercer University\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJesus never intended to start a religion that would justify stealing land, enslaving people, or destroying creation. So how did we get here?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHow Western Christianity Got It Wrong\u003c\/i\u003e, acclaimed author Randy Woodley, of mixed white and Native American heritage, traces how a brown man from Nazareth who never lost his connection to the whole community of creation became the poster child for empire-building and environmental destruction. The faith that bears his name crafted theologies that rationalize greed, violence, and colonization--everything Jesus actually opposed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWoodley exposes the ideas that poisoned Christianity's well, how the Western church won a monopoly on sin and salvation, and how violent atonement theories replaced the healing message Jesus lived. Drawing on Indigenous wisdom that was flourishing on Turtle Island long before missionaries arrived, Woodley reveals what Jesus's liberating message looks like when freed from imperial frameworks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePicture communities where creation is family, not commodity. Where healing happens through relationship, not transaction. Where Creator speaks through many voices and welcomes all who walk in love. This is the Jesus Way as it was meant to be--not a system of control but a path of wholeness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/01\/2026 pg. 121 (EAN 9798889836872, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/11\/2026 (EAN 9798889836872, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eForeword\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/27\/2026 (EAN 9798889836872, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eWoodley, Randy\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRev. Dr. Randy Woodley \u003c\/b\u003eis an activist, scholar, author, teacher, and wisdom keeper of mixed white and Native American heritage who speaks on justice, faith, the earth, and Indigenous realities. He is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eBecoming Rooted\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Journey to Eloheh\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHow\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWestern Christianity Got It Wrong\u003c\/i\u003e. He and his wife, Edith, co-sustain Eloheh Indigenous Center for Earth Justice and Eloheh Farm \u0026amp; Seeds outside Portland, Oregon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Broadleaf Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496040726806,"sku":"9798889836872","price":34.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9798889836872.jpg?v=1783051536","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/how-western-christianity-got-it-wrong-replacing-the-god-of-fear-with-a-spirituality-of-healing","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}