Making the Best of It
Following Christ in the Real World
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 20 October 2011
- ISBN 9780199843947
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages384 pages
- Size 231x155x22 mm
- Weight 476 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
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. In this book, John Stackhouse argues that, rather than trying to root up the weeds in the cultural field, or trying to shun them, Christians should practice persistence in gardening God's world and building toward the New Jerusalem.
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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.
In Making 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 persistence in gardening God's world and building toward the New Jerusalem. Examining the lives and works of C. S. Lewis, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Dietrich Bonhoeffer for example and direction, Stackhouse suggests that our mission is to make the most of life in the world in cooperation with God's own mission of redeeming the world he loves. This model takes seriously the pattern of God's activity in the Bible, and in subsequent history, of working through earthly means--through individuals, communities, and institutions that are deeply flawed but nonetheless capable of accomplishing God's purposes. Christians must find a way to live in this world and at the same time do work that honors God and God's plan for us.
In an era of increasing religious and cultural tensions, both internationally and domestically, the model that Stackhouse develops discourages the "all or nothing" attitudes that afflict so much of contemporary Christianity. Instead, he offers a fresh, and refreshingly nuanced, take on the question of what it means to be a Christian in the world today.
If you are satisfied neither with the program of a whole-scale transformation of the world nor with the project of building alternative enclaves in the world, this is the book for you. With compelling arguments, clear prose, and much erudition John Stackhouse points to a third and better way of following Christ in the real world. A must-read for those who are concerned with the role of faith in contemporary societies.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Who Are We, for Jesus Christ, Today?
Part I: The Classic Typology
Reappropriating H. Richard Niebuhr's Christ and Culture
Part II: Some Resources for the Recovery of Christian Realism
C.S. Lewis: The Christian Individual
Reinhold Niebuhr: Prophet of Christian Realism
Dietrich Bonhoeffer: The Christian and the Church in and for the World
Part III: Making the Best of It
Method in Ethics: A Sketch
The Story and the Mission
Vocation
Principles of a New Realism
Conclusion: Making the Best of It
Index
Index of Scriptural References
