Contending for the faith : the church's engagement with culture
Calls for churches to offer a sustained an unapologetically Christian witness to a postmodern world. Ralph Wood carefully chronicles how the church is watching the complete destruction of post-Christian institutions and practices that once shaped human character toward fulfilment in goods larger than humanity's own self-interest.
218 pages ; 23 cm.
9780918954862, 091895486X
1056584724
PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. The Crisis Afflicting Church and Culture Alike2. A Neo-Conservative Alternative3. A Neo-Liberal Alternative4. The Inadequacy of the Evangelical Engagement with Culture5. The Challenge Facing the Church's Colleges6. Creating a Christian Educational Culture7. Christian Skepticism vs. Religious Sentimentality8. The Ugly, the Beautiful, and the Holy in Christian Worship9. A Christian Regard for Romance in an Eroticized World10. The Outward Faithfulness of Inward Christian PietyConclusionNotesIndex