Contending for the faith : the church's engagement with culture / Ralph C. Wood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wood, Ralph C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity and culture.

Physical Description:

xii, 218 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Waco, TX : Baylor University Press, [2003]

Summary:

In this book Ralph Wood calls for churches to offer an unapologetically Christian witness to a post-modern world. The church is watching the complete destruction of those institutions and practices that once shaped human character toward fulfillment in goods larger than our 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 churches must seek to create a Christian culture that offers the world a drastic alternative to its own cultureless existence.

Contents:

1 The Crisis Afflicting Church and Culture Alike 11

2 A Neo-Conservative Alternative 29

3 A Neo-Liberal Alternative 43

4 The Inadequacy of the Evangelical Engagement with Culture 59

5 The Challenge Facing the Church's Colleges 83

6 Creating a Christian Educational Culture 105

7 Christian Skepticism vs. Religious Sentimentality 123

8 The Ugly, the Beautiful, and the Holy in Christian Worship 135

9 A Christian Regard for Romance in an Eroticized World 149

10 The Outward Faithfulness of Inward Christian Piety 165.

Notes:

"A Markham Press fund publication."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-214) and index.

ISBN:

091895486X

OCLC:

51203958