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Living Faithfully in a Fragmented World : Lessons for the Church from MacIntyre's After Virtue
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilson, Jonathan R.
- Series:
- Christian Mission & Modern Culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- MacIntyre, Alasdair C. After virtue.
- MacIntyre, Alasdair C.
- Christian ethics.
- Church and the world.
- Culture conflict--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Culture conflict--United States--History--20th century.
- Mission of the church.
- United States--Moral conditions.
- Mission of the church--Moral and ethical aspects--20th century--United States.
- Church and the world--History.
- Culture conflict.
- United States.
- Local Subjects:
- Christian ethics.
- Church and the world.
- Culture conflict--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Culture conflict--United States--History--20th century.
- MacIntyre, Alasdair C. After virtue.
- Mission of the church.
- United States--Moral conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (96 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Continuum International Publishing, 1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book describes several aspects of contemporary culture that create both opportunities and threats to Christian mission. It offers insights and practices that the church today must embrace in order to live faithfully and witness effectively to the gospel.Following a presentation of the church's history in relation to Western culture, several chapters draw upon specific suggestions in Alasdair MacIntyreGÇÖs After Virtue--that we live in a fragmented rather than a pluralistic world; how the church has compromised its faithfulness by accommodating the mainstream of morality; implications stem
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; Preface to the Series; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION; 1. LIVING WITH OUR HISTORY; 2. FRAGMENTED WORLDS; 3. THE FAILURE OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT PROJECT; 4. RECOVERING TRADITION; 5. THE NEW MONASTICISM; NOTES; REFERENCES CITED
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786613196972
- 9781283196970
- 1283196972
- 9780567348067
- 0567348067
- OCLC:
- 741690051
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