To Stake a Claim: Mission and the Western Crisis of Knowledge
by J. Andrew Kirk (Editor), Kevin J. Vanhoozer (Editor)
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"An original international collaboration, To Stake a Claim researches the relationship between what counted for "knowledge" in the West, how this knowledge has changed over the years, and how those changes related to the mission of the church as an evangelizer within Western culture." "Examining four key areas of study, To Stake a Claim evaluates the dominant positions in contemporary philosophy regarding truth, rationality and pluralism. It first analyzes consequences for humanity that show more holding these positions implies. Next, it looks at faith, religion and revelation in the context of the dominant positions of contemporary philosophy discussed in the first part. The third part explores the dominant positions of contemporary theology. Finally, it summarizes the epistemological problems involved in the process of communicating the Gospel within Western culture and evaluates the theological and missiological views of this communication."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved show lessTags
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Everybody who is interested in, and concerned about, the communication of the gospel within contemporary, modern, and postmodern Western culture will benefit from the study of this innovative work. It fosters the needed interdisciplinary dialogue between theologians/missiologists (as evangelizers) and (secular) philosophers.
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J. Andrew Kirk is Dean and Head of the School of Mission and World Christianity at Selly Oak Colleges, Birmingham.
Kevin J. Vanhoozer (PhD, University of Cambridge) is research professor of systematic theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including The Pastor as Public Theologian, Everyday Theology, Is There a Meaning in This Text?, and the award-winning Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the show more Bible. show less
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- Canonical title
- To Stake a Claim: Mission and the Western Crisis of Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1999
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- Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction, Philosophy, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 266.001 — Religion Christian organization, social work & worship Missions Missions; Home and Foreign Missions; Home and Foreign
- LCC
- BV2063 .T6 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Practical Theology Practical Theology Missions
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- Languages
- English
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- ISBNs
- 2
