Created & creating : a biblical theology of culture / William Edgar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edgar, William, 1944- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity and culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 262 pages)

Place of Publication:

Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, [2017]

Summary:

The gospel of Jesus Christ is always situated within a particular cultural context. But how should Christians approach the complex relationship between our faith and our surrounding culture?Should we simply retreat from culture? Should we embrace our cultural practices and mindset? How important is it for us to be engaged in our culture? And how might we do that with discernment and faithfulness? William Edgar offers a rich biblical theology in light of our contemporary culture that contends that Christians should-indeed, must-be engaged in the surrounding culture. By exploring what Scripture has to say about the role of culture and by gleaning insights from a variety of theologians of culture-including Abraham Kuyper, T. S. Eliot, H. Richard Niebuhr, and C. S. Lewis-Edgar contends that cultural engagement is a fundamental aspect of human existence. He does not shy away from those passages that emphasize the distinction between Christians and the world. Yet he finds, shining through the biblical witness, evidence that supports a robust defense of the cultural mandate to "be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it, " (Genesis 1: 28). With clarity and wisdom, Edgar argues that we are most faithful to our calling as God's creatures when we participate in creating culture.

Contents:

Parameters of culture

Cultural analysis

Biblical and theological reflections

Challenges from scripture

Facing the Contra Mundum texts

Read it again, life in this world

This world, no friend?

The end of the beginning

Creation and redemption

The cultural mandate

The first vocation

Culture after the fall

The cultural reflex

Culture in the new covenant

Culture in the afterlife.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-250) and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780830873135

0830873139