In the World, But Not of the World: Christian Social Thinking at the End of the Twentieth Century
- ISBN-10
- 0739101196
- ISBN-13
- 9780739101193
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 267
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Author
- Andrew L. Fitz-Gibbon
Description
In the World, But Not of the World explores the threefold tension among Alasdair MacIntyre's prognosis for Western society; the desires of some for a social transformation with a Christian moral vision at the sacred centre; and a "baptist" understanding of Christianity as essentially voluntary, non-sacralist discipleship. Andrew Fitz-Gibbon uses five contemporary Christian social thinkers, from different traditions, as conversation partners. Through his examination of these thinkers, Fitz-Gibbon explores how the church may continue to truthfully narrate the Christian story in the midst of the moral tensions of late-capitalist Western society. His creative conclusion is that the church at the beginning of the twenty-first century can move toward a resolution of the central tension of "being in the world, but not of the world" through a synthesis of the believers' church tradition and an affirmation of communitarian liberal democracy
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