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Contending for the faith [electronic resource] : the church's engagement with culture / Ralph C. Wood.
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TextSeries: Provost seriesPublication details: Waco, TX : Baylor University Press, c2003.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 218 p.)ISBN: - 1423794826 (electronic bk.)
- 9781423794820 (electronic bk.)
- 1602580472
- 9781602580473
- 9786610500765
- 6610500762
- 261 22
- BR115.C8 W65 2003eb
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Summary: 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.
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.
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| 261 T477O The one in the many : | 261 W258P The politics of discipleship : | 261 W258P The politics of discipleship : | 261 W874C Contending for the faith | 261.042 H268G God's Ways With The World | 261.055 S562C Christology and science / | 261.072 M163R Research on culture and values : |
"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.
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