Crossroad discourses between Christianity and culture /

Christianity exists in relation to and interacts with its cultural environment in a number of ways. In this volume authors from a wide variety of backgrounds explore various facets of the relationship and interaction of Christianity with its cultural environment: politics, society, esthetics, religi...

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Main Author: Gort, Jerald D.

Other Authors: Jansen, Henry., Stoker, W.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2010.

Series: Currents of Encounter 38.
Rodopi Religion, Theology and Philosophy Special E-Book Collection, 2007-2014, ISBN: 9789004357938.

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Call Number: BR115.C8 C76 2010eb

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introductory Essay: Theology of Culture, Secularity, and Plurality /
  • Wessel Stoker
  • The Background and Nature of the Deep Changes in the Religious Realities in Modern Europe /
  • André Droogers
  • The Concept of Culture in Abraham Kuyper, Herman Bavinck, and Karl Barth /
  • Cornelis van der Kooi
  • The Role of Faith in Science and in Religion /
  • Keith Ward
  • Christian Faith and Reason: A Hermeneutical Approach /
  • Edwin Koster
  • Amor Mundi in a (Post)Liberal Era: The Relevance of an Arendtian Theme for Christian Self-Understanding Today /
  • Ronald A. Kuipers
  • Equality, Difference, and Justice /
  • Ton van Prooijen
  • Business Ethics and Intrinsic Motivation in a Pluralist World /
  • Connie Aarsbergen
  • Renewal of Civilization: Toward Justice and Peace /
  • Henk E.S. Woldring
  • Populism: A Blessing in Disguise for Democracy? /
  • Govert J. Buijs
  • Poverty, Oppression, and Christian Faith /
  • Jerald D. Gort
  • The Public Role of Churches in Present Democratic South Africa /
  • Etienne de Villiers
  • Imagination and Art in the Christian Faith: On Imagination and Art in the Church /
  • Desiree Berendsen
  • Language, Literature, and Transcendence: The Contribution of F.R. Leavis /
  • Henry Jansen
  • Readiness and Timing: The Early Modern Virtues of Hamlet's Providential Christianity /
  • Lourens Minnema
  • Indigenous Spirituality and Sustainable Development: A Critical Appraisal of African Renaissance Rhetoric /
  • Frans Wijsen
  • African Philosophy, Contextualisation, Multiculturalism /
  • W.L. van der Merwe
  • Untouchables, Christians, and Hindus: How the Sacred World Order is Preserved and Renounced /
  • Victor van Bijlert
  • Contemporary Christian-Hindu Relations in Britain and the Netherlands /
  • Jan Peter Schouten
  • Superseded, Obstructive, or Crucial?: Christian Views of Judaism and its Sacred Texts /
  • Alberdina Houtman
  • Recent Developments in Christian-Jewish Dialogue /
  • Simon Schoon
  • Sympathy and Empathy: The Compassionate Bodhisattva and the Love of Christ /
  • John D'Arcy May
  • Christian and Buddhist Spiritualities: Their Differences and Complementarities /
  • Christa Anbeek
  • Present-Day Europe and Islam in Encounter: Emerging European Islam and its Dialogue Partners /
  • Gé Speelman
  • The Council of Churches in the Netherlands and its Encounter with Islam /
  • Alle G. Hoekema
  • Proximity and Distance China and the Christian West: An Essay in Intercultural Philosophy /
  • Sander Griffioen
  • Christian Views of the New Religiosities of the Western World /
  • Reender Kranenborg
  • Recent Ecclesiological Developments in the World Council of Churches: Continuity or Discontinuity? /
  • Conrad J. Wethmar
  • Conversion in the Ecumenical Debate: Great Joy or Great Discomfort? /
  • Jan van Butselaar
  • Confessio and Traditio: A Reformed Approach in Dialogue with the Lutheran Tradition /
  • Michael Weinrich
  • Christianity and Culture: WARC at the Millennium /
  • George Newlands
  • Intercultural Theology as the Integration of Ecumenism and Missiology: The Example of Current Latin American Christology /
  • Martien E. Brinkman
  • God Has No Favourites: Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue The Unity of God's Creation /
  • Anton Houtepen
  • Index of Subjects
  • Index of Names
  • Contributors.