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050 00 $aBV600.2$b.C554 1996
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049 $aMAIN
100 1 $aClapp, Rodney.
245 12 $aA peculiar people :$bthe Church as culture in a post-Christian society /$cRodney Clapp.
260 $aDowners Grove, Ill. :$bInterVarsity Press,$c©1996.
300 $a251 pages ;$c21 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 213-248) and index.
505 0 $aAcknowledgments -- Where I'm Writing From -- The Church as Unchurch: How Christians Became Useless -- The Church as Private Club: Irrelevant for Constantine's Sake -- The Church as Nation-State: Why America Is Not the Issue -- The Church as Type: Why Christians Should Thank God for the Culture Wars -- The Church as Church: Practicing the Politics of Jesus -- The Church as Worshipping Community: Welcome to the (Real) World -- The Church as Parade: The Politics of Liturgy -- The Church as Listening Community: The Performance of Scripture -- The Church as World: On the Faithfulness of Pagans -- The Church as Mission & Message: Evangelism After Constantine -- The Church as a Way of Life: Liturgy After the Liturgy -- The Church as a Community of Friends: About Beginning Where We Already Are -- Notes -- Index.
520 $aUses history, theology, scripture, and social analysis to argue that contemporary Christians need to unapologetically reclaim their reputation as "peculiar people" in today's technological and consumer-based society.
520 $aChristians feel increasingly useless, argues Rodney Clapp, not because we have nothing to offer a post-Christian society, but because we are trying to serve as "sponsoring chaplains" to a civilization that no longer sees Christianity as necessary to its existence. In our individualistic, technologically oriented, consumer-based culture, Christianity has become largely irrelevant. The solution is not to sentimentally capitulate to the way things are. Nor is it to retrench in an effort to regain power and influence as the sponsor of Western civilization. What is needed is for Christians to reclaim our heritage as a peculiar people, as unapologetic followers of the Way. Within the larger pluralistic world, we need to become a sanctified, subversive culture that develops Christian community as a truly alternative way of life. Christians must learn to live the story and not just to restate it. Writing inclusively with considerable verve, Clapp offers a keen analysis of the church and its ministry as we face a new millennium. --! From publisher's description.
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