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Becoming a Christian in Christendom : radical discipleship and the way of the cross in America's Christian culture /

How might one live the Christian faith within a culture that idealizes and privileges Christianity while also relativizing it and making it redundant? Arguing for a reconceptualization of the theology of the cross and radical communal practices, the author explores some pervasive dangers of America&...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mahn, Jason A., 1973- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [2016]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:How might one live the Christian faith within a culture that idealizes and privileges Christianity while also relativizing it and making it redundant? Arguing for a reconceptualization of the theology of the cross and radical communal practices, the author explores some pervasive dangers of America's new Christendom and provocatively imagines alternatives to conventional Christianity-ones whereby the church embodies an alternative politic, where it commits to cruciform non-violence, appreciates gifts by giving them away, and knows its boundaries well enough to learn from those on the other sid.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxxi, 363 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-352) and index.
ISBN:9781506418957
1506418953