Writing simply for ordinary Christians who must decide, in the long run, what will become of the churches, Douglas John Hall offers a prescription for their survival. His belief is that the gospel is entirely pertinent to the problematic of our times, but an atmosphere of frustration prevails in places...
Writing simply for ordinary Christians who must decide, in the long run, what will become of the churches, Douglas John Hall offers a prescription for their survival.
His belief is that the gospel is entirely pertinent to the problematic of our times, but an atmosphere of frustration prevails in places where Christian faith is taken seriously. Sensitive Christians experience a new openness to the basic elements of faith on the part of many secular persons. At the same time, there is the conflicting experience of an emptiness, an absence of reality in the churches.
Reflecting on these two conflicting experiences, he asks: What lies behind the new appreciation for the worldly realism of the gospel? Why, at the very moment when the gospel begins to seem almost real again, does so much about the churches seem unreal? Can the churches be swept up into the reality of the gospel? What would it mean for the churches to be subjected to the scrutiny of a gospel which is ready for new dialogue with the contemporary world?
His solution is that the churches can participate in the reality of the gospel only if they disestablish themselves. He indicates how they can do this by deliberately dissociating their witnesses and practices from the official optimism of our society.
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Writing simply for ordinary Christians who must decide, in the long run, what will become of the churches, Douglas John Hall offers a prescription for their survival. His belief is that the gospel is entirely pertinent to the problematic of our times, but an atmosphere of frustration prevails in places...
Writing simply for ordinary Christians who must decide, in the long run, what will become of the churches, Douglas John Hall offers a prescription for their survival.
His belief is that the gospel is entirely pertinent to the problematic of our times, but an atmosphere of frustration prevails in places where Christian faith is taken seriously. Sensitive Christians experience a new openness to the basic elements of faith on the part of many secular persons. At the same time, there is the conflicting experience of an emptiness, an absence of reality in the churches.
Reflecting on these two conflicting experiences, he asks: What lies behind the new appreciation for the worldly realism of the gospel? Why, at the very moment when the gospel begins to seem almost real again, does so much about the churches seem unreal? Can the churches be swept up into the reality of the gospel? What would it mean for the churches to be subjected to the scrutiny of a gospel which is ready for new dialogue with the contemporary world?
His solution is that the churches can participate in the reality of the gospel only if they disestablish themselves. He indicates how they can do this by deliberately dissociating their witnesses and practices from the official optimism of our society.
The Reality of the Gospel and the Unreality of the Churches$30.99
Koorong code525015
ISBN9780800662691
Pages190
PublisherAugsburg/Fortress Press
Publication date01 January 1975
Dimensions10 x 139 x 215mm
Weight0.229kg
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