Christian Belief in a Postmodern World
Title | Christian Belief in a Postmodern World PDF eBook |
Author | Diogenes Allen |
Publisher | Westminster John Knox Press |
Total Pages | 256 |
Release | 1989-01-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780804206259 |
This book provides a philosophical argument for the reasonableness of Christian faith in today's world. Diogenes Allen shows how Christian belief is now being supported by scientific and philosophical principles--perhaps for the first time in 300 years.
Christian Witness in a Postmodern World
Title | Christian Witness in a Postmodern World PDF eBook |
Author | Harry Lee Poe |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 196 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Religion |
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A professor of religion asserts that the difficulties faced in communicating the gospel are as much an opportunity as they are a challenge. This book analyzes contemporary trends in American cultural life related to what those who don't attend church know about Christianity and how they think about questions of ultimate meaning.
The Culture of Interpretation
Title | The Culture of Interpretation PDF eBook |
Author | Roger Lundin |
Publisher | Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages | 288 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780802806369 |
This book offers a broad-ranging account of contemporary American culture, the complex network of symbols, practices, and beliefs at the heart of our society. Lundin explores the historical background of some of our "postmodern" culture's central beliefs and considers their crucial ethical and theological implications.
Postmodern Theology
Title | Postmodern Theology PDF eBook |
Author | Frederic B. Burnham |
Publisher | Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | 136 |
Release | 2006-10-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1725217732 |
The dominant position of science in our culture has ended. In our postmodern world, belief that science will provide the answer to our problems and that progress is inevitable has been shaken, if not toppled. Optimism has been replaced by realism, creating a milieu for the development of intelligent Christian belief. Participating in the Trinity Institute's conference on "The Church in a Postmodern Age, these six prominent scholars explore the breakdown of the basic tenets of the Enlightenment, the sorry state of biblical literacy in our culture, Christian faith in a pluralistic world, the relevance of the Bible today, and the role of the church in our age. Contributors: Robert N. Bellah, Diogenes Allen, George A. Lindbeck, James B. Miller, Sandra M. Schneiders, and Rowan D. Williams.
Christian Apologetics in the Postmodern World
Title | Christian Apologetics in the Postmodern World PDF eBook |
Author | Timothy R. Phillips |
Publisher | InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages | 244 |
Release | 2009-09-20 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780830874729 |
Evangelicals are beginning to provide analyses of our postmodern society, but little has been done to suggest an effective apologetic strategy for reaching a culture that is pluralistic, consumer-oriented, and infatuated with managerial and therapeutic approaches to life. This, then, is the first book to address that vital task. In these pages some of evangelicalism's most stimulating thinkers consider three possible apologetic responses to postmodernity. William Lane Craig argues that traditional evidentialist apologetics remains viable and preferable. Roger Lundin, Nicola Creegan and James Sire find the postmodern critique of Christianity and Western culture more challenging, but reject central features of it. Philip Kenneson, Brian Walsh and J. Richard Middleton, on the other hand, argue that key aspects of postmodernity can be appropriated to defend orthodox Christianity. An essential feature are trenchent chapters by Ronald Clifton Potter, Dennis Hollinger and Douglas Webster considering issues facing the local church in light of postmodernity. The volumes editors and John Stackhouse also add important introductory essays that orient the reader to postmodernity and various apologetic strategies. All this makes for a book indispensable for theologians, a wide range of students and reflective pastors.
Above All Earthly Pow'rs
Title | Above All Earthly Pow'rs PDF eBook |
Author | David F. Wells |
Publisher | Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages | 354 |
Release | 2006-08 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0802824552 |
In this prophetic call to the evangelical church, Wells stresses that Christians need to confess Christ as the center in a society lacking a center, as the sovereign in a world seemingly ruled by chance, and as the one who can give meaning in a nihilistic culture.
Loving God with All Your Mind
Title | Loving God with All Your Mind PDF eBook |
Author | Gene Edward Veith Jr. |
Publisher | Crossway |
Total Pages | 162 |
Release | 2003-10-07 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1433516705 |
Our world is alive with fascinating new ideas, discoveries, and technologies. But for Christians this can also present problems-especially when the values of postmodernism and secular university life conflict with basic Christian principles. What should Christians do when their beliefs come under attack in the classroom or the public square? Loving God with All Your Mind shows us that the answer is neither wholesale rejection of intellectual life and culture, nor blind acceptance of it. The answer lies in understanding that Jesus is Lord of all of life and that everything in life must be carefully viewed in the light of what Christ's lordship means. Gene Edward Veith unfolds a dazzling critique of the postmodern intellectual world and culture. He affirms the part that is good and true, but he also shows crucial weaknesses that have such a hold over contemporary thought. This book shows Christians how to survive and flourish in a postmodern world while affirming the truth of the Christian faith.