The Course comes in Christian language that can confuse and even put off students and potential students. Its use of many of the same words, such as Trinity, Son of God, Christ, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Atonement, salvation, and resurrection, may lead some to believe that the Course is saying the same thing as Christianity and the Bible, perhaps updated for our times. Kenneth, along with Gloria, has stressed repeatedly over the years that this is simply not true. And failing to recognize the fundamental differences between the two paths despite the superficial similarities is failing to appreciate the Course's profoundly unique and radical message. For example, the Course differs from traditional Christianity in its assertions that God did not create the world, that the world comes from our belief in our guilt for attacking God, and that in reality there is no sin or world that we need to be saved from. These are not merely intellectually interesting, theological distinctions. They have significant implications for the application of the Course's principles in our lives. We are featuring two publications this month that focus on clarifying these differences.

In this respectful exchange between Kenneth and a Jesuit priest and scholar, the two explore many of the basic ways the Course represents not merely a correction for Christianity, but a fundamental overturning of its foundational principles, Clearly, the two spiritualities cannot be reconciled or combined without a major distortion of what each is saying.