Contending for the Faith: The Church's Engagement with CultureBaylor University Press, 2003 - 218 頁 In this book Ralph Wood calls for churches to offer a sustained an 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 cultureless existence. |
內容
Introduction | 1 |
The Crisis Afflicting Church and Culture Alike | 11 |
A NeoConservative Alternative | 29 |
A NeoLiberal Alternative | 43 |
The Inadequacy of the Evangelical Engagement with Culture | 59 |
The Challenge Facing the Churchs Colleges | 83 |
Creating a Christian Educational Culture | 105 |
Christian Skepticism vs Religious Sentimentality | 123 |
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