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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 270.829
EAN: 9780801060298
ISBN: 080106029X
Label: Baker Academic
Manufacturer: Baker Academic
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: November 01, 1999
Publisher: Baker Academic
Sales Rank: 219201
Studio: Baker Academic
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In a world marked by relativism, individualism, pluralism, and the transition from a modern to a postmodern worldview, evangelical Christians must find ways to re-present the historic faith.
In his provocative new work, Ancient-Future Faith, Robert E. Webber contends that present-day evangelicalism is a product of modernity. Allegiance to modernity, he argues, must be relinquished to free evangelicals to become more consistently historic. Empowerment to function in our changing culture will be found by adapting the classical tradition to our postmodern time. Webber demonstrates the implications in the key areas of church, worship, spirituality, evangelism, nurture, and mission.
Webber writes, The fundamental concern of Ancient-Future Faith is to find points of contact between classical Christianity and postmodern thought. Classical Christianity was shaped in a pagan and relativistic society much like our own. Classical Christianity was not an accommodation to paganism but an alternative practice of life. Christians in a postmodern world will succeed, not by watering down the faith, but by being a counter cultural community that invites people to be shaped by the story of Israel and Jesus.
A substantial appendix explores the development of authority in the early church, an important issue for evangelicals in a society that shares many features with the Roman world of early Christians. Students, professors, pastors, and laypeople concerned with the churchs effective response to a postmodern world will benefit from this paradigmatic volume. Informative tables and extensive bibliographies enhance the books educational value.
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"The road to the future runs through the past." So says the late Robert Webber in the first book of his Ancient-Future series. In Ancient-Future Faith: Rethinking Evangelicalism for a Postmodern World, Webber encourages evangelicals to return to the model of the early church as a way to bring renewal and guidance to our churches as we navigate through the murky seas of postmodernism.
Ancient-Future Faith is a thought-provoking book with many good insights. Webber's knowledge of history ... Read More
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I have read Webber's book for a class, and I generally was not impressed. His arguments for returning to the Ancient church (he defines from 100-600AD) I don't think hold up.
He thinks that the Ancient church is the solution to post-modernism, and he seems to naively present that period, as if it did not have any problems. But we know that it was full of debates on theology.
Can we also go back to the Ancient church? Even though some people call this period post-modern, we ... Read More
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If you read one book by Robert Webber. This is the place to begin. If you want to take a look into the future of the christian church through the past this is the book to read. This book came along just in time for myself. A good way to rediscover or discover spirituality. Everything Webber has to say is worth pondering and considering. Please Read!!
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I enjoyed Robert Webber's book and have enjoyed hearing him speak as well. At a recent speaking engagement he echoed my own concern over the "fate" of the church in America. So much "commodification" has happened in the church that one wonders if anyone knows what it truly means to be "ecclesia"? Although I agree with much of what he says and am part of a liturgical church (The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod which utilizes the church calendar and has had a strong emphasis on liturgy - - - the church ... Read More
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This book has all ready been splendidly reviewed, but I felt I may have a few things to note. The author is a professor, and the book is written as such. People seeking "warm fuzzies" from reading a book about rediscovering classical Christianity are not going to find it here. They will instead find a powerful look at the way that classical Christianity can be drawn upon to reenergize the church, specifically the evangelical church, and make it a more dynamic force in the world as the body of Christ. ... Read More
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