Crossroad discourses between Christianity and culture / edited by Jerald D. Gort, Henry Jansen, and Wessel Stoker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gort, Jerald D.

Contributor:

Jansen, Henry.

Stoker, W. (Wessel)

Series:

Currents of Encounter 38.

Currents of Encounter ; 38

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity and culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (641 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Christianity exists in relation to and interacts with its cultural environment in a number of ways. In this volume authors from a wide variety of backgrounds explore various facets of the relationship and interaction of Christianity with its cultural environment: politics, society, esthetics, religion and spirituality, and with itself. Divided into three main sections, Crossroad Discourses between Christianity and Culture looks at the interaction of Christianity with culture in the first section, with other religions and spiritualities in the second, and finally with itself in the third. The contributions engage in a critical examination of not only the culture in which Christianity finds itself but also in a critical examination of Christianity itself and its interaction with that culture. The editors hope that teachers, students, and readers in general will profit greatly from the critical articles contained in this book.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introductory Essay: Theology of Culture, Secularity, and Plurality / Wessel Stoker

The Background and Nature of the Deep Changes in the Religious Realities in Modern Europe / André Droogers

The Concept of Culture in Abraham Kuyper, Herman Bavinck, and Karl Barth / Cornelis van der Kooi

The Role of Faith in Science and in Religion / Keith Ward

Christian Faith and Reason: A Hermeneutical Approach / Edwin Koster

Amor Mundi in a (Post)Liberal Era: The Relevance of an Arendtian Theme for Christian Self-Understanding Today / Ronald A. Kuipers

Equality, Difference, and Justice / Ton van Prooijen

Business Ethics and Intrinsic Motivation in a Pluralist World / Connie Aarsbergen

Renewal of Civilization: Toward Justice and Peace / Henk E.S. Woldring

Populism: A Blessing in Disguise for Democracy? / Govert J. Buijs

Poverty, Oppression, and Christian Faith / Jerald D. Gort

The Public Role of Churches in Present Democratic South Africa / Etienne de Villiers

Imagination and Art in the Christian Faith: On Imagination and Art in the Church / Desiree Berendsen

Language, Literature, and Transcendence: The Contribution of F.R. Leavis / Henry Jansen

Readiness and Timing: The Early Modern Virtues of Hamlet’s Providential Christianity / Lourens Minnema

Indigenous Spirituality and Sustainable Development: A Critical Appraisal of African Renaissance Rhetoric / Frans Wijsen

African Philosophy, Contextualisation, Multiculturalism / W.L. van der Merwe

Untouchables, Christians, and Hindus: How the Sacred World Order is Preserved and Renounced / Victor van Bijlert

Contemporary Christian-Hindu Relations in Britain and the Netherlands / Jan Peter Schouten

Superseded, Obstructive, or Crucial?: Christian Views of Judaism and its Sacred Texts / Alberdina Houtman

Recent Developments in Christian-Jewish Dialogue / Simon Schoon

Sympathy and Empathy: The Compassionate Bodhisattva and the Love of Christ / John D’Arcy May

Christian and Buddhist Spiritualities: Their Differences and Complementarities / Christa Anbeek

Present-Day Europe and Islam in Encounter: Emerging European Islam and its Dialogue Partners / Gé Speelman

The Council of Churches in the Netherlands and its Encounter with Islam / Alle G. Hoekema

Proximity and Distance China and the Christian West: An Essay in Intercultural Philosophy / Sander Griffioen

Christian Views of the New Religiosities of the Western World / Reender Kranenborg

Recent Ecclesiological Developments in the World Council of Churches: Continuity or Discontinuity? / Conrad J. Wethmar

Conversion in the Ecumenical Debate: Great Joy or Great Discomfort? / Jan van Butselaar

Confessio and Traditio: A Reformed Approach in Dialogue with the Lutheran Tradition / Michael Weinrich

Christianity and Culture: WARC at the Millennium / George Newlands

Intercultural Theology as the Integration of Ecumenism and Missiology: The Example of Current Latin American Christology / Martien E. Brinkman

God Has No Favourites: Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue The Unity of God’s Creation / Anton Houtepen

Index of Subjects

Index of Names

Contributors.

Notes:

"Festschrift in honor of Hendrik M. Vroom on the occasion of his 65th birthday"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9789042028647

9042028645

OCLC:

611175209

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789042028647 DOI