Download or read book Culture in Christian Perspective written by Leland Ryken and published by Multnomah. This book was released on 1986 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is hoped that these articles will help Christians think responsibly about psychotherapy.
Download or read book Introducing Cultural Anthropology written by Brian M. Howell and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the role of culture in human experience? This concise yet solid introduction to cultural anthropology helps readers explore and understand this crucial issue from a Christian perspective. Now revised and updated throughout, this new edition of a successful textbook covers standard cultural anthropology topics with special attention given to cultural relativism, evolution, and missions. It also includes a new chapter on medical anthropology. Plentiful figures, photos, and sidebars are sprinkled throughout the text, and updated ancillary support materials and teaching aids are available through Baker Academic's Textbook eSources.
Download or read book Christ and Culture written by H. Richard Niebuhr and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1956-09-05 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 50th-anniversary edition, with a new foreword by the distinguished historian Martin E. Marty, who regards this book as one of the most vital books of our time, as well as an introduction by the author never before included in the book, and a new preface by James Gustafson, the premier Christian ethicist who is considered Niebuhr’s contemporary successor, poses the challenge of being true to Christ in a materialistic age to an entirely new generation of Christian readers.
Download or read book Popologetics written by Ted Turnau and published by P & R Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's everywhere...all around us...so widespread it's almost part of the air we breathe. Some people love it, some people hate it, and some try to shrug it off or pretend it's not there. But, like it or not, notice it or not, popular culture plays a huge role in our day-to-day lives, often influencing the way we think and see the world. Some people respond by trying to pull away from it altogether, and some accept it without question as a blessing. But Ted Turnau reminds us that the issue is not so black-and-white. Popular culture, like any other facet of society, is a messy mixture of both grace and idolatry, and it deserves our serious attention and discernment. Learn how to approach popular culture wisely, separating its gems of grace from its temptations toward idolatry, and practice some popologetics to be an influence of your own. Book jacket.
Download or read book Teaching across Cultures written by Perry Shaw and published by Langham Global Library. This book was released on 2021-11-05 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The growth of the church around the world has led to an increased need for qualified theological educators, both locally and from the global community. Yet teaching cross-culturally is fraught with overlooked challenges, and lack of cultural sensitivity can undermine educators’ credibility, distort their message, and threaten the fruit of their ministry. Teaching across Cultures is a deeply practical guidebook for teaching theology beyond one’s own cultural context. The first section of the book provides a rich theoretical framework for cross-cultural engagement, exploring the intersections of theology, anthropology, and pedagogy. It is followed by over thirty country-specific reflections as local contributors provide practical guidelines for living, teaching, and ministering within their contexts. The only resource of its kind, this book is straightforward and easy-to-use while providing a powerful reminder that transformative teaching has humility and careful listening at its core. It is a must-read for anyone embarking on the joyful journey of cross-cultural ministry.
Download or read book Cultural Anthropology written by Stephen A. Grunlan and published by Zondervan Academic. This book was released on 2016-11-22 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume on cultural anthropology presents a Christian perspective for Bible school students of conservative evangelical backgrounds. The hope is that a sympathetic approach to the problems of cultural diversity throughout the world will help young people overcome typical North American cultural biases and bring understanding and appreciation for the diversities of behavior and thought that exist in a culturally heterogeneous world. Grunlan and Mayers take the position of "functional creationism"; and though they discuss some of the problems implied in traditional interpretations of the age of the world and especially of the creation of the human race, they do not attempt to deal with either physical anthropology or the origins of man. They do, however, attempt to deal meaningfully with the problems posed by biblical absolutism and cultural relativism, and their practice. Concluding chapters with a series of thought-provoking questions should prove to be of real help to both the professional and nonprofessional teacher of anthropology.
Download or read book Christians in a Cancel Culture written by Joe Dallas and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The WHO, WHAT, and HOW of Responding to Those Who Want to Silence You You’ve based your understanding of today’s sensitive social issues on the Bible’s truth. Mainstream culture not only sees these issues differently but calls you bigoted for rejecting views they’ve deemed self-evident. So how do you witness Christ’s love to those ready to write you off as hateful? Christians in a Cancel Culture breaks down how you can speak wisdom about politically charged and personal subjects with equal parts compassion and conviction. This book will affirm your understanding of the Bible’s views on sin, salvation, racism, gender identity, homosexuality, and abortion while teaching you… why today’s world has grown so hostile to Christians and biblical values where you can find room to minister within challenging conversations how you can sustain relationships with those who feel threatened by God’s truth Walking in faith isn’t about fighting culture wars but witnessing Jesus’s restorative grace to those who haven’t yet found it. Christians in a Cancel Culture will prepare you to stay true to your beliefs as you address today’s controversies while opening doors to deeper discussions about Christ’s redeeming love.
Download or read book Christ and Culture Revisited written by D. A. Carson and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01-31 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Called to live in the world, but not to be of it, Christians must maintain a balancing act that becomes more precarious the further our culture departs from its Judeo-Christian roots. How should members of the church interact with such a culture, especially as deeply enmeshed as most of us have become? In this award-winning book -- now in paperback and with a new preface -- D. A. Carson applies his masterful touch to that problem. After exploring the classic typology of H. Richard Niebuhr with its five Christ-culture options, Carson offers an even more comprehensive paradigm for informing the Christian worldview. More than just theoretical, Christ and Culture Revisited is a practical guide for helping Christians untangle current messy debates about living in the world.
Download or read book The Culture of Interpretation written by Roger Lundin and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 1993 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Engaging the Culture written by Christianity Today Intl., and published by HarperChristian Resources. This book was released on 2008-10-05 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Christian Today Study Series delves into today's vital cultural issues to get to the heart of what these topics mean to you. Each 8-week study is based on articles written by some of today's leading Christian authors and published by the Christianity Today magazines. These remarkable studies will foster deep, authentic, and relevant discussion that will challenge and grow any small group. Engaging the Culture will take on a variety of topics, such as: Culture . . . Love It? Leave It? Or Transform It? Kingdom-Minded Living in the Kingdom of This World Engaging the Skeptics Cultural Stereotypes and Misconceptions of Christianity Based on articles by a variety of authors, such as: Philip Yancey Mark Galli Michael Horton
Download or read book Image and Pilgrimage in Christian Culture written by Victor Witter Turner and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: 1978, in series: Lectures on the history of religions; new ser., no. 11. With new introd.
Download or read book A Peculiar People written by Rodney R. Clapp and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 1996-11-12 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rodney Clapp asks and answers the question, How can the church provide a significant alternative to the culture in which it is embedded?
Download or read book Created and Creating written by William Edgar and published by SPCK. This book was released on 2017-03-16 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gospel of Jesus Christ is always situated within a particular cultural context: but how should Christians approach the complex relationship between their faith and the surrounding culture? Should we simply retreat from culture? Should we embrace our cultural practices and mindset? How important is it for us to be engaged with our culture and mindset? How might we do that with discernment and faithfulness? William Edgar offers a biblical theology in the light of our contemporary culture that contends that Christians should -- and indeed, must -- engage with the surrounding culture. By exploring what Scripture has to say about the role of culture and gleaning insights from a variety of theologians -- including Abraham Kuyper, T. S. Eliot, H. Richard Niebuhr and C. S. Lewis -- Edgar contends that cultural engagement is a fundamental aspect of human existence. He does not shy away from those passages that emphasize the distinction between Christians and the world. Yet he finds, shining through the biblical witness, evidence that supports a robust defence of the cultural mandate to 'be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it' (Genesis 1:28). With clarity and wisdom, Edgar argues that we are most faithful to our calling as God's creatures when we participate in creating culture. Introduction Part 1: Parameters of culture Part 2: Challenges from Scripture Part 3: The cultural mandate Epilogue
Download or read book Religion and Sexuality in Cross Cultural Perspective written by Stephen Ellingson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Issues of sexuality and gender are hotly contested in both religious communities and national cultures around the world. In the social sciences, religious traditions are often depicted as inherently conservative or even reactionary in their commitments to powerful patriarchal and pronatalist sexual norms and gender categories. In illuminating the practices of religious traditions in various cultures, these essays expose the diversity of religious rituals and mythologies pertaining to sexuality. In the process the contributors challenge conventional notions of what is normative in our sexual lives.
Download or read book People of the Book written by David Lyle Jeffrey and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author examines the "cultural and literary identity among Western Christians which the centrality of 'the Book' has helped to create, and the Christian use of the phrase 'People of the book.'"--Preface.
Download or read book Christianity and Culture written by Thomas Stearns Eliot and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1960 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two long essays: "The Idea of a Christian Society" on the direction of religious thought toward criticism of political and economic systems; and "Notes towards the Definition of Culture" on culture, its meaning, and the dangers threatening the legacy of the Western world.
Download or read book Perspectives on the World Christian Movement written by Ralph D. Winter and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 948 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a multi-faceted collection of readings focused on the biblical, historical, cultural, and strategic dimensions of the task of world evangelization. The editors have pooled the contributions of over 70 authors to provide laymen and college students with an introduction to the history and potential of the World Christian Movement, a movement of men and women who have responded with courage and conviction to the challenges of this task. - Back cover.
