Marcus , in his excellent book , " The Heart Of Christianity " commends a rational and thus a somewhat demythologized understanding of the "traditional" Christian doctrines and the oracular status of its historical origins and counsel as recorded and expressed in the Bible . I personally regard this approach as intellectually sustainable and if anything , it has consolidated my conviction of the supreme relevance of the Christian ethos , and my commitment to it . If I have any disagreement with Marcus Borg's perspective , I guess it would relate to his identification of this alternative , more nuanced conception of Christianity as the "emerging " model , or new perspective . But really , many of Marcus's historical , textual reinterpretations were in fact consistent with what most of the Church Fathers of the early post - apostolic era understood as Christianity's authentic content and expression . For example , they , like Marcus , never construed a wholly literal understanding of Scripture , but rather a discriminating metaphorical semantic . . Finally , and as an aside to the above theme , I think the best succinct definition of God that I've heard comes from Immanuel Kant ; " The unconditioned condition of all possibility " .
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Marcus , in his excellent book , " The Heart Of Christianity " commends a rational and thus a somewhat demythologized understanding of the "traditional" Christian doctrines and the oracular status of its historical origins and counsel as recorded and expressed in the Bible . I personally regard this approach as intellectually sustainable and if anything , it has consolidated my conviction of the supreme relevance of the Christian ethos , and my commitment to it . If I have any disagreement with Marcus Borg's perspective , I guess it would relate to his identification of this alternative , more nuanced conception of Christianity as the "emerging " model , or new perspective . But really , many of Marcus's historical , textual reinterpretations were in fact consistent with what most of the Church Fathers of the early post - apostolic era understood as Christianity's authentic content and expression . For example , they , like Marcus , never construed a wholly literal understanding of Scripture , but rather a discriminating metaphorical semantic . . Finally , and as an aside to the above theme , I think the best succinct definition of God that I've heard comes from Immanuel Kant ; " The unconditioned condition of all possibility " .