Created & creating : a biblical theology of culture / William Edgar.

By:

Edgar, William, 1944- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, c2017Description: x, 262 pages : 23 cmISBN:

9780830851522
0830851526
9780830873135

Other title:

Created and creating

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Additional physical formats: Online version:: Created and creatingDDC classification:

261 23

LOC classification:

BR115.C8 E325 2017

Contents:

Part 1. Parameters of culture a. Cultural analysis -b. Biblical and theological reflections -- Part 2. Challenges from scripture. a. Facing the contra mundum texts --b. Read it again, life in this world -- c.This world, no friend? -- d. The end of the beginning -- e. Creation and redemption -- Part 3. The cultural mandate. a. The first vocation -- b. Culture after the fall -- c. The cultural reflex -- d. Culture in the new covenant -- e. Culture in the afterlife.

Summary: The gospel of Jesus Christ is always situated within a particular cultural context. But how should Christians approach the complex relationship between our faith and our surrounding culture? Should we simply retreat from culture? Should we embrace our cultural practices and mindset? How important is it for us to be engaged in our culture? And how might we do that with discernment and faithfulness? William Edgar offers a rich biblical theology in light of our contemporary culture that contends that Christians should--indeed, must--be engaged in the surrounding culture. By exploring what Scripture has to say about the role of culture and by gleaning insights from a variety of theologians of culture--including Abraham Kuyper, T. S. Eliot, H. Richard Niebuhr, and C. S. Lewis--Edgar contends that cultural engagement is a fundamental aspect of human existence. He does not shy away from those passages that emphasize the distinction between Christians and the world. Yet he finds, shining through the biblical witness, evidence that supports a robust defense of the cultural mandate to "be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it" (Genesis 1:28). With clarity and wisdom, Edgar argues that we are most faithful to our calling as God's creatures when we participate in creating culture. - from publisher.

Item type: Livre

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Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
1-Bibliothèque ETEQ	BR 115 C8 E325 2017	Available		ETEQ1757

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The gospel of Jesus Christ is always situated within a particular cultural context. But how should Christians approach the complex relationship between our faith and our surrounding culture? Should we simply retreat from culture? Should we embrace our cultural practices and mindset? How important is it for us to be engaged in our culture? And how might we do that with discernment and faithfulness? William Edgar offers a rich biblical theology in light of our contemporary culture that contends that Christians should--indeed, must--be engaged in the surrounding culture. By exploring what Scripture has to say about the role of culture and by gleaning insights from a variety of theologians of culture--including Abraham Kuyper, T. S. Eliot, H. Richard Niebuhr, and C. S. Lewis--Edgar contends that cultural engagement is a fundamental aspect of human existence. He does not shy away from those passages that emphasize the distinction between Christians and the world. Yet he finds, shining through the biblical witness, evidence that supports a robust defense of the cultural mandate to "be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it" (Genesis 1:28). With clarity and wisdom, Edgar argues that we are most faithful to our calling as God's creatures when we participate in creating culture. - from publisher.