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Loading... Above All Earthly Pow'rs: Christ in a Postmodern World (edition 2005)by David F. Wells
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The deflation of the Enlightenment worldview and rise of the post-modern mood over the last decades has altered the relation of Christian faith to culture. How, in this new situation, should the church confess Christ? "Above All Earthly Powers" paints a picture of the West in all its complexity, brilliance, and emptiness. As David F. Wells masterfully depicts it, the postmodern ethos is relativistic, individualistic, therapeutic, and yet remarkably spiritual. By placing a premium on marketing rather than truth, the evangelical church is in danger of selling authentic engagement with culture for worldly success. 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. "Above All Earthly Powers" issues a prophetic call to the evangelical church that it cannot afford to ignore. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)261.0973Religions Christian church and church work Church and the world; Social theology and interreligious relations and attitudes Biography And History North America United StatesLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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