Making the Best of It Following Christ in the Real World

Name: Making the Best of It Following Christ in the Real World
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ISBN: 9780199843947

ISBN-10: 0199843945

ISBN-13: 9780199843947

Edition: 2011

Authors: John G. Stackhouse

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What should be the Christian's attitude toward society? When so much of our contemporary culture is at odds with Christian beliefs and mores, it may seem that serious Christians now have only two choices: transform society completely according to Christian values or retreat into the cloister of sectarian fellowship.InMaking the Best of It, John Stackhouse explores the history of the Christian encounter with society, the biblical record, and various theological models of cultural engagement to offer a more balanced and fruitful alternative to these extremes. He argues that, rather than trying to root up the weeds in the cultural field, or trying to shun them, Christians should practice…

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List price: $36.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/1/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 9.21" wide x 6.10" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.122
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Who Are We, for Jesus Christ, Today?



The Classic Typology



Reappropriating H. Richard Niebuhr's Christ and Culture


Definitions


Reappropriating the Typology of Christ and Culture



Some Resources for the Recovery of Christian Realism



C. S. Lewis: The Christian Individual


The Christian Story


The Elements and Shape of the Story


Themes in a Theology of Culture


Conclusion: C. S. Lewis's "Parables"



Reinhold Niebuhr: Prophet of Christian Realism


Is Christianity Realistic?


What Is Christian Realism?


Implications of Christian Realism


Conclusion: Niebuhr's Legacy



Dietrich Bonhoeffer: The Christian and the Church in and for the World


The Heart of Bonhoeffer's Theology


Themes in a Theology of Culture


Conclusion: Stations on the Way to Freedom



Making the Best of it



Method in Ethics: A Sketch


Attending to Jesus


A (Protestant) Christian Tetralectic


The Holy Spirit and Spiritual Receptivity



The Story and the Mission


The Christian Story-and Us Within It


Mission: The Four Commandments



Vocation


Human


Christian


Time


Conclusion: Mission and Vocation



Principles of a New Realism


A Mixed Field, Mixed Motives, and Mixed Results


The Normal...and Beyond


Faith and Faithfulness


Liberty and Cooperation


Conclusion: Making the Best of It


The Shape of Our Lives


Behaving in Public


Governing Motifs


Index


Index of Scriptural References