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Everyday Theology How to Read Cultural Texts and Interpret Trends

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ISBN-10: 0801031672

ISBN-13: 9780801031670

Edition: 2007 (Annotated)

Authors: Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Charles A. Anderson, Michael J. Sleasman, Michael J. Sleasman

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Everyday theology is the reflective and practical task of living each day as faithful disciples of Jesus Christ. In other words, theology is not just for Sundays, and it's not just for professional theologians. Everyday Theology teaches all Christians how to get the theological lay of the land. It enables them to become more conscious of the culture they inhabit every day so that they can understand how it affects them and how they can affect it. If theology is the ministry of the Word to the world, everyday theologians need to know something about that world, and Everyday Theology shows them how to understand their culture make an impact on it. Engaging and full of fresh young voices, this…    
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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Baker Academic
Publication date: 3/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Kevin Vanhoozer is Research Professor of Systematic Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.James K. A. Smith is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of Seminars in Christian Scholarship at Calvin College.Bruce Ellis Benson is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Wheaton College.Kevin Vanhoozer is Research Professor of Systematic Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.James K. A. Smith is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of Seminars in Christian Scholarship at Calvin College.Bruce Ellis Benson is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Wheaton College.

Michael J. Sleasman (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is managing director and research scholar for the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity and affiliate professor of bioethics at Trinity Graduate School.

A Reader's Guide: How to Use This Book
Introduction: Toward a Theory of Cultural Interpretation
What Is Everyday Theology? How and Why Christians Should Read Culture
Reading Cultural Texts
The Gospel according to Safeway: The Checkout Line and the Good Life
Despair and Redemption: A Theological Account of Eminem
The High Price of Unity: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Between City and Steeple: Looking at Megachurch Architecture
Swords, Sandals, and Saviors: Visions of Hope in Ridley Scott's Gladiator
Interpreting Cultural Trends
The Business of Busyness: Or, What Should We Make of Martha?
Welcome to the Blogosphere
Human 2.0: Transhumanism as a Cultural Trend
Fantasy Funerals and Other Designer Ways of Going Out in Style
Concluding Untheoretical Postscript
Putting It into Practice: Weddings for Everyday Theologians
Glossary of Methodological Terms
Notes
Everyday Theologians Information
Subject Index
Scripture Index