Ancient-Future Faith: Rethinking Evangelicalism for a

Ancient-Future Faith: Rethinking Evangelicalism for a Postmodern World

In a world marked by relativism, individualism, pluralism, and the transition from a modern to a postmodern worldview, evangelical Christians must find ways to re-present the historic faith. In his provocative new work, Ancient-Future Faith, Robert E. Webber contends that present-day evangelicalism is a product of modernity. Allegiance to modernity, he argues, must be relinquished to free evangelicals to become more consistently historic. Empowerment to function in our changing culture will be found by adapting the classical tradition to our postmodern time. Webber demonstrates the implications in the key areas of church, worship, spirituality, evangelism, nurture, and mission. Webber writes, The fundamental concern of Ancient-Future Faith is to find points of contact between classical Christianity and postmodern thought. Classical Christianity was shaped in a pagan and relativistic society much like our own. Classical Christianity was not an accommodation to paganism but an alternative practice of life. Christians in a postmodern world will succeed, not by watering down the faith, but by being a counter cultural community that invites people to be shaped by the story of Israel and Jesus. A substantial appendix explores the development of authority in the early church, an important issue for evangelicals in a society that shares many features with the Roman world of early Christians. Students, professors, pastors, and laypeople concerned with the churchs effective response to a postmodern world will benefit from this paradigmatic volume. Informative tables and extensive bibliographies enhance the books educational value.
Country USA
Brand Baker Academic
Manufacturer Baker Academic
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 1999-11-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780801060298

Country	USA
Brand	Baker Academic
Manufacturer	Baker Academic
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	1999-11-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780801060298

Ancient-Future Faith: Rethinking Evangelicalism for a Postmodern World

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