What You Don't Have to Believe to Be a Christian

Many Christians live with doubts about certain traditional Christian beliefs. Other are led to reject the faith out of disagreement with beliefs that seem to be absurd an anti-intellectual. Despite the notoriety of the fundamentalist world-view, some stories need not to be taken as literal or historical; and learning to separate fact from symbol, metaphor, or myth may actually strengthen the Christian witness. A helpful guide to discovering the non-essentials in Christian beliefs.