The One In the Many Christian Identity in A Multicultural World

by Thompson, Thomas R.; Carney, Glandion W.; Carpenter, Joel A.; Gonz·lez, Justo L.; Hoekema, David A.; Loyd-Paige, Michelle R.; Molebatsi, Caesar; Overvoorde, Chris Stoffel; Plantinga, Cornelius, Jr.; Plantinga, Richard; Timmermans, Steven R.; Dyk, Leanne V

• ISBN13: 9780761810681
• ISBN10: 0761810684
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-04-30
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

Copublished with the Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship, this collection of essays is both compelling and timely: compelling because it comes from a Christian college struggling to make multiculturalism a reality, timely because it allows Christian academics to join the national and international discourse on the meaning of cultural diversity. The authors present a range of viewpoints but they share a desire to communicate about what is, and what should be, as Christians engage multiculturalism.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	v
Thomas R. Thompson
Foreword	vii
Ronald A. Wells
Introduction	ix
Thomas R. Thompson
For the Healing of the Nations: The Book of Revelation and our Multicultural Calling	1	(8)
Justo L. Gonzalez
Ungrasping Ourselves: A Kenotic Model of Multicultural Encounter	9	(16)
Thomas R. Thompson
Widening the Emptying: A Response to Thomas R. Thompson	25	(4)
Leanne Van Dyk
Racial Reconciliation in South Africa and the Theological Winds of Change That Inspired It	29	(12)
Caesar Molebatsi
Reformed Theology at Work: A Response to Caesar Molebatsi	41	(4)
Glandion W. Carney
Unity and Difference in Genesis 1	45	(6)
Richard J. Plantinga
Cultures and Communities of Higher Learning: Riding on the Bandwagon of Nonconformity	51	(12)
David A. Hoekema
Multicultural Openness and Victimization: A Response to David A. Hoekema	63	(4)
Cornelius Plantinga Jr.
The Comprehensive Plan: What Have We Accomplished?	67	(14)
Steven R. Timmermans
The Importance of Being Earnest: A Response to Steven R. Timmermans	81	(6)
Michelle R. Loyd-Paige
Pressing On: Some Concluding Remarks	87	(6)
Joel A. Carpenter
The Multicultural Year: A Retrospective	93	(10)
Chris Stoffel Overvoorde
Near Heroes: A Meditation for a Multicultural Year	103	(6)
Thomas R. Thompson
Appendix: Introductory Sections of Calvin College's Comprehensive Plan: (I) Summary; (II) Vision for the Future	109	(4)
About the Contributors	113