description: Being fully God &amp; fully human, Jesus raised an enduring question for his followers: what exactly was His place in this world? In Christ &amp; Culture, H. Richard Niebuhr crafted a survey of the many ways of answering that question &amp; the related question of how Christ's followers understand their own place in the world. He called the subject of this book "the double wrestle of the church with its Lord &amp; with the cultural society with which it lives in symbiosis." He described various understandings of Christ "against," "of" &amp; "above" culture, as well as Christ "transforming" culture &amp; Christ in "paradoxical" relation to it. It remains among the most gripping articulations of what is arguably the most basic ethical question of the Christian faith: how is Christ relevant to today's world?--Michael Joseph Gross (edited)ForewordAcknowledgmentsThe enduring problem Christ against cultureThe Christ of cultureChrist above culture Christ &amp; culture above paradox Christ the transformer of cultureA "concluding unscientific postscript"Index
language: English
title: Christ and Culture
titlecomplete: Christ and Culture
genres: Cultural, Faith, Religion, Philosophy, Nonfiction, School, Theology, Christian, Christian Living, Christianity
ratings_count: 2692
publisher: Peter Smith Publisher