About the Author: Andrew Furlong

Andrew Furlong was tried for heresy. He is a member of the Open Christianity Network in Ireland. He has worked as an Anglican priest in Ireland, Zimbabwe and the UK. Born and educated in Ireland and in Cambridge, UK, he looks on himself primarily as a global citizen.

  • Our Own Error

    By Published On: January 9, 2012

    A fictional story about an error in Jewish theology that contributed to the questionable right of Christianity to exist.

  • Tried for Heresy: A 21st Century Journey of Faith

    By Published On: October 1, 2010

    Furlong's journey of faith is a fascinating, if sad, story of his ordeal confronting the power of the church establishment. But he is in a noble company of those who know that orthodoxy, understood as “right or correct belief,” is not necessarily the truth once delivered to the saints and is in the vanguard of those seeking to develop a new paradigm of the Christian tradition.

  • Uncertainty is Trust’s Shadow

    By Published On: April 12, 2010

    Catholics and other Christians misunderstand and misrepresent Jesus, as will be explained, if they believe he "happens to be God" and to be literally human and divine. They should renounce such ideas, because only in a mythological story can Christ be presented as divine. Such myths are not factual or historical, but were written to express convictions about the commitment of a transcendent God. ?

  • What comes after Christianity?

    By Published On: March 14, 2008

    If all religions are transient, then some day the religions of 21st century, including Christianity, will no longer be living religions. What might the religions of global citizens of future generations look like? Will such global citizens recognize that already there is a global resource of wisdom and spirituality to which religious and humanist traditions have contributed and which tomorrow's global citizens can draw upon, critically, as well as adding judiciously to it?

  • What is Missing in Islam is Modern Theological Insights

    By Published On: March 23, 2007

    All the ancient scriptures, including the Koran, need to be understood as historically-conditioned and culturally-conditioned. Without such an understanding the human rights abuses that their scriptures condone will still be seen as having divine approval. Modern believers need to recognise that religions are transient and that tomorrow's landscape almost certainly will be very different.

  • Josh’s Confessions

    By Published On: January 30, 2007

    The dangers for Jews and Christians of believing in being divinely chosen.

  • Reflections on The Da Vinci Code

    By Published On: July 25, 2006

    An Anglican priest reflects on some fascinating and important questions raised in Dan Brown's book  The Da Vinci Code.

  • Astonishing Assumptions Underlie Belief in Atoning Sacrifice

    By Published On: April 9, 2006

    The author of Tried for Heresy: A 21st Century Journey of Faith, discusses the "small print" underlying the interpretation of Jesus' death as an atoning sacrifice.