Stormfront

by Brownson, James V.

• ISBN13: 9780802822253
• ISBN10: 0802822258
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Summary

A constructive analysis of faith and American culture How does one authentically hear and live out the gospel in North America? This new book attempts to answer this question in a way that reveals much about the nature of Christian faith today and its relation to contemporary culture. In keeping with the aims of its acclaimed book series, Storm Front investigates how the gospel intersects American culture and seeks to reorient the church to its full and proper missional vocation. Four authors noted for their understanding of modern church life offer a sober yet hopeful critique of American culture that focuses on consumerism and the privatization of religion, and they challenge the Christian church to embrace its corporate task to be salt and light to world. Amid the many books on the subject, this one is distinctive for its concern for application. By contrasting contemporary life with a thoroughgoing reading of the biblical narrative, the authors assist American Christians in discerning the ways in which our cultural location makes it difficult to live out th

Author Biography

Barry A. Harvey is associate professor of theology at Baylor University.

Table of Contents

FOREWORD	vi
The Story That Chooses Us
1. STORM	1	(30)
God Addresses the Spirit of the Age
2. ALLEGIANCE	31	(22)
Participating in Gods Intentions
3. COMMUNION	53	(24)
Dying and Rising with Jesus Christ
4. POWERS	77	(28)
The Church and the Life of the World
5. PRACTICES	105
Reoriented in the Way of Christ