Contending for the faith
Wood, Ralph C.
Contending for the faith the church's engagement with culture / [electronic resource] : Ralph C. Wood. - Waco, TX : Baylor University Press, c2003. - 1 online resource (xii, 218 p.) - Provost series . - Provost series. .
"A Markham Press Fund publication."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-214) and index.
Crisis afflicting church and culture alike -- Neo-conservative alternative -- Neo-liberal alternative -- Inadequacy of the evangelical engagement with culture -- Challenge facing the church's colleges -- Creating a Christian educational culture -- Christian skepticism vs. religious sentimentality -- Ugly, the beautiful, and the holy in Christian worship -- Christian regard for romance in an eroticized world -- Outward faithfulness of inward Christian piety.
In this book Ralph Wood calls for churches to offer a sustained and unapologetically Christian witness to a postmodern world. Wood carefully chronicles how the church is watching the complete destruction of post-Christian institutions and practices that once shaped human character toward fulfillment in goods larger than humanity's own self-interest- the chief of these being the worship and service of God. Wood contends that Christian existence can never be taken for granted, and so the church itself must seek to create a Christian culture that offers the world a drastic alternative to its own.
1423794826 (electronic bk.) 9781423794820 (electronic bk.) 1602580472 9781602580473 9786610500765 6610500762
Christianity and culture.
Christianisme et civilisation.
RELIGION--Christianity--General.
RELIGION--Christian Life--Social Issues.
Christentum.
Kultur.
Electronic books.
BR115.C8 / W65 2003eb
261
Contending for the faith the church's engagement with culture / [electronic resource] : Ralph C. Wood. - Waco, TX : Baylor University Press, c2003. - 1 online resource (xii, 218 p.) - Provost series . - Provost series. .
"A Markham Press Fund publication."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-214) and index.
Crisis afflicting church and culture alike -- Neo-conservative alternative -- Neo-liberal alternative -- Inadequacy of the evangelical engagement with culture -- Challenge facing the church's colleges -- Creating a Christian educational culture -- Christian skepticism vs. religious sentimentality -- Ugly, the beautiful, and the holy in Christian worship -- Christian regard for romance in an eroticized world -- Outward faithfulness of inward Christian piety.
In this book Ralph Wood calls for churches to offer a sustained and unapologetically Christian witness to a postmodern world. Wood carefully chronicles how the church is watching the complete destruction of post-Christian institutions and practices that once shaped human character toward fulfillment in goods larger than humanity's own self-interest- the chief of these being the worship and service of God. Wood contends that Christian existence can never be taken for granted, and so the church itself must seek to create a Christian culture that offers the world a drastic alternative to its own.
1423794826 (electronic bk.) 9781423794820 (electronic bk.) 1602580472 9781602580473 9786610500765 6610500762
Christianity and culture.
Christianisme et civilisation.
RELIGION--Christianity--General.
RELIGION--Christian Life--Social Issues.
Christentum.
Kultur.
Electronic books.
BR115.C8 / W65 2003eb
261