I believe in one God,
the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth...
The Creed is the bones of our faith. In all our different ways, it makes
us who we are. But when we stand up and recite the Creed in unison, we
have no time to contemplate what it is that we are committing ourselves
to. The words rush past, their meaning blurred by familiarity. If we
could only slow them down and hear them properly, they would have the
power to change worlds. That is what The Creed in Slow Motion aims to
do.
This is a book for people who like to think things through from first
principles. It will not tell you what to believe. (It is for you to
engage your mind and discover that for yourself. And for unbelievers to
learn what exactly they disbelieve, and why.)
In 40 short chapters, with clarity and wit, The Creed in Slow Motion
draws examples from real-life stories, history and even science to
uncover the core claims of Christianity. By turns it is deep,
heartening, startling, revolutionary and even, by the world's standards,
outrageous.