Books by Scotty McLennan
Jesus Was a Liberal: Reclaiming Christianity for All
Scotty McLennan claims that Jesus championed a progressive social vision of the future, rationality, tolerance and freedom from religious authority. In modern terms, Jesus was a liberal. Today, the press frequently talks about a culture war between the religious right and the secular left. In the middle – forgotten or maligned – are liberal Christians. They represent at least twenty percent of Americans, and perhaps as many as fifty percent. This book seeks to give them a voice and to reclaim “liberal” as a positive word. Importantly, it also tries to build bridges to conservative and evangelical Christians as well as to those impressed by the new best-selling atheist books.
Finding Your Religion: When the Faith You Grew up with Has Lost its Meaning
Scotty McLennan (an inspiration for Doonesbury's Rev. Scot Sloan) offers an indispensable guidebook to those seeking a new spiritual path or those wishing to reconnect to the religion of their youth. He reassures anyone at a spiritual crossroads -- those who have become disillusioned with or even abandoned the religion of their youth -- that finding a relevant and fulfilling spirituality is a process of understanding one's place in any of six universal stages of faith.
Church on Sunday, Work on Monday: The Challenge of Fusing Christian Values with Business Life
McLennan, teaming with Laura Nash of the Harvard Business School, helps Christians in the business world to strengthen the connection between their work and their religious commitments. These dimensions of life are too often divided. The authors make concrete recommendations to show church people in business how to bridge the gap between spirituality and everyday vocation and how to practice faith-based business ethics.