LEADER 04172nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910811755603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-984394-5 010 $a9786611925482 010 $a1-281-92548-9 010 $a0-19-972132-7 035 $a(CKB)2560000000300313 035 $a(EBL)415509 035 $a(OCoLC)311040199 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000196147 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11937307 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000196147 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10141920 035 $a(PQKB)10113010 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001146920 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12443250 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001146920 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11130176 035 $a(PQKB)11199413 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000024381 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL415509 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10273057 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL192548 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC415509 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7034592 035 $a(OCoLC) 1355338047 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB167408 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000300313 100 $a20070822d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMaking the best of it $efollowing Christ in the real world /$fJohn G. Stackhouse, Jr 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (381 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-517358-9 311 $a0-19-985168-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Who Are We, for Jesus Christ, Today?; PART I: THE CLASSIC TYPOLOGY; ONE: Reappropriating H. Richard Niebuhr's Christ and Culture; Definitions; Reappropriating the Typology of Christ and Culture; PART II: SOME RESOURCES FOR THE RECOVERY OF CHRISTIAN REALISM; TWO: C. S. Lewis: The Christian Individual; The Christian Story; The Elements and Shape of the Story; Themes in a Theology of Culture; Conclusion: C. S. Lewis's "Parables"; THREE: Reinhold Niebuhr: Prophet of Christian Realism; Is Christianity Realistic?; What Is Christian Realism? 327 $aImplications of Christian RealismConclusion: Niebuhr's Legacy; FOUR: Dietrich Bonhoeffer: The Christian and the Church in and for the World; The Heart of Bonhoeffer's Theology; Themes in a Theology of Culture; Conclusion: Stations on the Way to Freedom; PART III: MAKING THE BEST OF IT; FIVE: Method in Ethics: A Sketch; Attending to Jesus; A (Protestant) Christian Tetralectic; The Holy Spirit and Spiritual Receptivity; SIX: The Story and the Mission; The Christian Story-and Us Within It; Mission: The Four Commandments; SEVEN: Vocation; Human; Christian; Time; Conclusion: Mission and Vocation 327 $aEIGHT: Principles of a New RealismA Mixed Field, Mixed Motives, and Mixed Results; The Normal . . . and Beyond; Faith and Faithfulness; Liberty and Cooperation; Conclusion: Making the Best of It; The Shape of Our Lives; Behaving in Public; Governing Motifs; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Index of Scriptural References 330 $aWhat should be the Christian's attitude toward society? When so much of our contemporary culture is at odds with Christian beliefs and mores, it may seem that serious Christians now have only two choices: transform society completely according to Christian values or retreat into the cloister of sectarian fellowship. In Making the Best of It, John Stackhouse explores the history of the Christian encounter with society, the biblical record, and various theological models of cultural engagement to offer a more balanced and fruitful alternative to these extremes. He argues that, rather than tryin 606 $aChristianity and culture 615 0$aChristianity and culture. 676 $a261 700 $aStackhouse$b John G$g(John Gordon),$f1960-$01753023 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811755603321 996 $aMaking the best of it$94188555 997 $aUNINA