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by: Lesslie Newbigin See Larger Image List Price: $14.00 Our Price: $11.20 You Save: $2.80 (20%) Prices subject to change. Used Price: $4.81 Third Party New Price: $7.75 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 231.042 EAN: 9780802808561 ISBN: 0802808565 Label: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company Manufacturer: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 110 Publication Date: March 30, 1995 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company Sales Rank: 243497 Studio: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company Related Items: The Gospel in a Pluralist Society Foolishness to the Greeks: The Gospel and Western Culture Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church The Open Secret: An Introduction to the Theology of Mission The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism see more Editorial Review: Product Description: Looking to end the divisive conflict tht has raged between Christians who attack each other either as 'liberals' or as 'fundamentalists', Newbigin gives a historical account of the roots of this conflict in order to begin laying the foundation for a middle ground that will benefit the Christian faith as a whole and allow Christians to unitedly proclaim the gospel in a pluralistic world. Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Insightful Newbigin's little text from the final years of his life is a brilliant analysis of the history of religious epistemology. He critiques the spectres of Enlightenment rationalism that still dominates theological discussions today and offers an alternative form of knowing that withstands the scepticism of postmodernity. He opens with a clever look at the worldviews of the ancient world. The certainty founded in the logos of Greek philosophy and that in the Israelite anthropomorphic God ... Read More Rating: - Proper Praise I just completed Proper Confidence: Faith, Doubt, and Certainty in Christian Discipleship by Lesslie Newbigin. It gets my four star rating. This little book(105 pages) is of tremendous help in reflecting on apologetics in a postmodern West. The usual Newbigin fusion of Christo-centric, missions-oriented, impeccable scholarship, and concern for faithful Gospel witness all are here. In addition, Newbigin takes on a Cartesian approach to the defense of Christianity that has pervaded Western Christian ... Read More Rating: - A Good Saturday Morning I spent this morning with two of life's great pleasures, a great cup of coffee and a really good book. The coffee was Kenyan Kiaguthu Peaberry roasted to the City+ level. Mmmm. The book is called Proper Confidence: Faith, Doubt & Certainty in Christian Discipleship by Lesslie Newbigin. If you knew me, you would've heard me talk about Michael Polanyi, the 20th century scientist and philosopher whose work was the subject of my Master's thesis. Newbigin's book is a great quick reference ... Read More Rating: - Silliness Essentially asserts that, since knowledge is difficult to come by, and since certainty is virtually impossible because all experience is subjective, that the Bible should be taken as historically accurate. Asserts that believing that Jesus actually rose from the dead, requires the same amount of faith as believing that 2+2=4. Because we only 'really know' that 2+2=4 because we are willing to accept our current society's definition of '2.' Ignores that this same philosophy can be ... Read More Rating: - This book is a blast of fresh air. I believe Lesslie Newbigin is a great saint of the Church. His book, "Proper Confidence," is an invigorating defense of the synthesis of faith, reason and discipleship. He reclaims theology for the Church. What I found especially refreshing was his head-on challenge to the Enlightenment-rationalist boxes that modern scholars have constructed to contain Christianity. Newbigin confirms what I have long suspected from my Biblical studies classes at seminary; that instructors rule out certain possibilities ... Read More see more Browse for similar items by category: Church History - Christianity - Religion & Spirituality - Subjects - Books - General Church History - Christianity - Religion & Spirituality - Subjects - Books - Ecumenical Movements Evangelism - Christianity - Religion & Spirituality - Subjects - Books - General Evangelism - Christianity - Religion & Spirituality - Subjects - Books - Missions & Missionary Work Theology - Christianity - Religion & Spirituality - Subjects - Books - General