To Change the World The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World

Name: To Change the World The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World
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ISBN: 9780199730803

ISBN-10: 0199730806

ISBN-13: 9780199730803

Edition: 2010

Authors: James Davison Hunter

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The call to make the world a better place is inherent in the Christian belief and practice. But why have efforts to change the world by Christians so often failed or gone tragically awry? And how might Christians in the 21st century live in ways that have integrity with their traditions and are more truly transformative? In To Change the World, James Davison Hunter offers persuasive--and provocative--answers to these questions. Hunter begins with a penetrating appraisal of the most popular models of world-changing among Christians today, highlighting the ways they are inherently flawed and therefore incapable of generating the change to which they aspire. Because change implies power, all…

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List price: $44.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/14/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Size: 9.30" wide x 6.20" long x 1.40" tall
Weight: 1.606
Language: English



Preface



Christianity and World-Changing



Christian Faith and the Task of World-Changing



Culture: The Common View



The Failure of the Common View



An Alternative View of Culture and Cultural Change in Eleven Propositions



Evidence in History



The Cultural Economy of American Christianity



For and Against the Mandate of Creation



Rethinking Power



The Problem of Power



Power and Politics in American Culture



The Christian Right



The Christian Left



The Neo-Anabaptists



Illusion, Irony, and Tragedy



Rethinking Power: Theological Reflections



Toward a New City Commons: Reflections on a Theology of Faithful Presence



The Challenge of Faithfulness



Old Cultural Wineskins



The Groundwork for an Alternative Way



Toward a Theology of Faithful Presence



The Burden of Leadership: A Theology of Faithful Presence in Practice



Toward a New City Commons


Notes


Bibliography


Index