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Every Square Inch : An Introduction to Cultural Engagement for Christians.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Ashland : Lexham Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (96 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781577996217
Contents:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Theology and Culture -- Spiritual Awakening -- The Aim of This Book -- Chapter 1: Competing Views on Theology and Culture -- What Is Culture? -- Christianity against Culture -- Christianity of Culture -- Christianity in and for Culture -- A Preview of the Kingdom -- Action Points -- Recommended Reading -- Chapter 2: A Theology of Culture -- Why a Theology of Culture Is Necessary -- Creation -- Fall -- Redemption and New Creation -- Action Points -- Recommended Reading -- Chapter 3: Culture and Calling -- Family -- Church -- Workplace -- Community -- Fulfilling Our Callings -- Action Points -- Recommended Reading -- Chapter 4: Six Case Studies on Culture -- Augustine of Hippo -- Balthasar Hübmaier -- Abraham Kuyper -- C. S. Lewis -- Dorothy Sayers -- Francis Schaeffer -- What We Can Learn from History in Order to Live Faithfully Today -- Action Points -- Recommended Reading -- Chapter 5: The Arts -- The Biblical Storyline -- Hans Rookmaaker and Francis Schaeffer -- Embracing the Arts -- Action Points -- Recommended Reading -- Chapter 6: The Sciences -- The Biblical Storyline -- The Christian Foundations of Modern Science -- Atheism's Errant Claims that Science and Theology Are Incompatible -- Science and Theology as Mutually Beneficial Dialogue Partners -- When Scientists and Theologians Disagree -- Action Points -- Recommended Reading -- Chapter 7: Politics and the Public Square -- The Biblical Storyline -- A Naked Public Square? -- A Convictional Public Square -- 1. We Want to Avoid a Coercive Relationship between the Church and the State -- 2. We Should Be Active in Promoting the Common Good -- 3. We Should Be Discerning in How We Articulate Our Beliefs -- 4. We Should Be Discerning in What We Say from Our Pulpits -- 5. We Should Be Civil in Our Demeanor.
6. We Should Be Realistic in What We Expect from the Political Sphere -- 7. We Should Remember that Politics Is Only One Dimension of Our Cultural Witness -- Grace and Joy in Politics -- Action Points -- Recommended Reading -- Chapter 8: Economics and Wealth -- The Biblical Storyline -- Karl Marx and Socialism -- The Problem with Marxist Socialism -- A Christian's Argument for Capitalism -- Misdirected Capitalism -- Security in God, Not Wealth -- Action Points -- Recommended Reading -- Chapter 9: Scholarship and Education -- The Biblical Storyline -- God's Design for Education -- The Sinful Misdirection of God's Creation -- A Spiritual Calling -- Action Points -- Recommended Reading -- Conclusion: The Christian Mission -- Word and Deed -- True and False Worship -- Three Questions -- Action Points -- Recommended Reading -- Appendix: Recommended Reading Summary.
