Christianity in the twenty-first century
Wuthnow, Robert.
Christianity in the twenty-first century reflections on the challenges ahead / [electronic resource] : Robert Wuthnow. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1993. - 1 online resource (viii, 251 p.)
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-243) and index.
Introduction : the future in the present -- I. Institutional challenges : community, identity, and the role of the church. Church and culture -- Can the church sustain community? -- A place for the Christian -- II. Ethical challenges : role models, stories, and learning how to care. Stories to live by -- The saints in our world -- Ethical ambivalence -- III. Doctrinal challenges : pluralism, polarity, and the character of belief. Religious orientations -- The future of fundamentalism -- Fundamentalism and its discontents -- IV. Political challenges : Christianity and conflict in the public realm. Faith and public affairs -- The future of the religious right -- Religion and symbolic politics -- V. Cultural challenges : the possibilities of faith for constructing personal lives. The quest for identity -- Maladies of the middle class -- Living the question.
9780198025641 (electronic bk.) 0198025645 (electronic bk.)
Christianity--United States.
Twenty-first century--Forecasts.
Christendom.
Christianity.
Christianity United States
Electronic books.
BR526 / .W88 1993eb
277.3/08
Christianity in the twenty-first century reflections on the challenges ahead / [electronic resource] : Robert Wuthnow. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1993. - 1 online resource (viii, 251 p.)
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-243) and index.
Introduction : the future in the present -- I. Institutional challenges : community, identity, and the role of the church. Church and culture -- Can the church sustain community? -- A place for the Christian -- II. Ethical challenges : role models, stories, and learning how to care. Stories to live by -- The saints in our world -- Ethical ambivalence -- III. Doctrinal challenges : pluralism, polarity, and the character of belief. Religious orientations -- The future of fundamentalism -- Fundamentalism and its discontents -- IV. Political challenges : Christianity and conflict in the public realm. Faith and public affairs -- The future of the religious right -- Religion and symbolic politics -- V. Cultural challenges : the possibilities of faith for constructing personal lives. The quest for identity -- Maladies of the middle class -- Living the question.
9780198025641 (electronic bk.) 0198025645 (electronic bk.)
Christianity--United States.
Twenty-first century--Forecasts.
Christendom.
Christianity.
Christianity United States
Electronic books.
BR526 / .W88 1993eb
277.3/08