Because Hauerwas & Wllimon are so quotable: Apologetics is based on the political assumption that Christians somehow have a stake in transforming our ecclesial claims into intellectual assumptions that will enable us to be faithful to Christ while still participating in the political structures of a world that does not yet know Christ. Transform the gospel […]
Archive for June, 2009
H. Richard Neibuhr is (in)famous for his typology of the various ways that the church approaches the culture it is in. They are: Christ against Culture Christ of Culture Christ above Culture Christ and Culture in Paradox Christ Transforming Culture The critiques of Niehbuhr’s typology are legion, and I won’t rehash them here. What I do find interesting, however, is the […]
My last post kicked up some excellent discussion, but I’d say that much of it arose due to confusion over two things: the hasty manner in which I wrote, and the nature of calling itself. I hope to rectify the former and clarify the latter. I must say at the outset that there is a lot […]
