The Ghost of Perfection: Searching for Humanity

The Ghost of Perfection: Searching for Humanity

The Ghost of Perfection: Searching for Humanity

The Ghost of Perfection: Searching for Humanity

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Overview

Who am I? Who are we? Simple yet profound questions. What does it mean to be human? Why does society sometimes make us feel inadequate and diminished as humans? Where does the church and religion slot into this sense of dehumanization? What are we doing to ourselves and to others to impede our journey as humans living to the fullest? Why does it feel as if violence and fear is the dominant narrative in this modern world? Who is Jesus? Again, a simple yet profound question. A question that can open the door to knowing what it truly means to be human, living a life of love and not fear and violence. With the help of ancient and modern thinkers, pioneer, church planter, and chaplain Joe Haward explores these questions in this provocative book and seeks to help us reconnect with our beautiful humanity.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781532614903
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date: 07/07/2017
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 136
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Rev. Joe Haward was born in Essex, UK, with his identical twin brother Tom. They were adopted and raised on a small island called Mersea off the east coast of Essex, the place where Joe took on his family trade as an oyster farmer with his father; a trade that has been in the family for eight generations.



Joe founded This Hope, a pioneer work in South Devon, UK, that seeks to bring people together in deep relationship, where authenticity and vulnerability are encouraged. He is also the founder of Revd Joe, a resource website designed for education, community, and business. Joe is a community chaplain, author, blogger, and ordained Baptist minister. He is married to Sarah, and they have two young daughters, Grace and Lizzie.
Rev. Joe Haward was born in Essex, UK, with his identical twin brother Tom. They were adopted and raised on a small island called Mersea off the east coast of Essex, the place where Joe took on his family trade as an oyster farmer with his father; a trade that has been in the family for eight generations.



Joe founded This Hope, a pioneer work in South Devon, UK, that seeks to bring people together in deep relationship, where authenticity and vulnerability are encouraged. He is also the founder of Revd Joe, a resource website designed for education, community, and business. Joe is a community chaplain, author, blogger, and ordained Baptist minister. He is married to Sarah, and they have two young daughters, Grace and Lizzie.








Michael Hardin is the cofounder and executive director of Preaching Peace, cofounder of Theology and Peace, and is the coeditor of Compassionate Eschatology, editor of Reading the Bible with Rene Girard, and author of the acclaimed The Jesus Driven Life, in addition to other books and essays. With his wife, Lorri, Michael has taken courses for the past decade on wilderness survival and Native American healing traditions. He is a singer/songwriter.

Table of Contents

Foreword Michael Hardin ix

Preface xiii

Abbreviations xvi

Introduction Dreamers xvii

Chapter 1 Mission 1

Chapter 2 Triumphalism 11

Chapter 3 Relationships 18

Chapter 4 Fix You 27

Chapter 5 Violence 37

Chapter 6 Consumerism 53

Chapter 7 Beauty 63

Chapter 8 Prayer 74

Chapter 9 Trauma 82

Chapter 10 Sex 96

Conclusion Waking Up 105

Bibliography 111

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“I wish I had been handed a book like The Ghost of Perfection much earlier. Joe Haward takes some of the major themes both of the church and of wider society – mission, triumphalism, relationships and sex among the stimulating ten chapters – and has taken a fresh look at them with the help of a rich tapestry of thinkers from the Desert Mothers and Fathers to iconic films such as Inception, and with a range of disciplines including sociology and psychology as well as theology.”

“At times it is a demanding read, and without doubt I will return to it to wrestle a bit further. At other times – in particular the chapter on trauma – it is profoundly moving.

I can’t guarantee you will love it as I do. But I can guarantee you will be made to think. I recommend it so that you can make your own mind up. A masterly debut.”

—-Jeannie Kendall, co-minister at Carlshalton Beeches Baptist Free Church


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