The Church As Counterculture (Suny Series in Popular Culture and Political Change)
Contributors: Michael L. Budde (Editor); Robert W. Brimlow (Editor)
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: June 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9780791446089
Subjects: Christianity; Sociology, Social Studies; Religion - Christian Living; Christianity and culture; Social Science; Religion - Christian Life; Religion; United States; Christian Life - General; Christianity - Theology - General; Christian Theology - General; Sociology - General
Description: "The Church as Counterculture enters the debates on Christian identity, purpose, and organization by calling for the churches to reclaim their roles as "communities of disciples" - distinct and distinctive groups formed by the priorities and practices of Jesus - to constitute a countercultural reality and challenge to secular society and existing power relations.".

"The notion of the church as a countercultural community of disciples confounds many conventional divides within the Christian family (liberal and conservative, church and sect), while forcing redefinition of commonplace categories like religion and politics, sacred and secular. The contributors to this book - theologians, social theorists, philosophers, historians, Catholics and Protestants of various backgrounds - reflect this shifting of categories and divisions.

The book provides thought-provoking Christian perspectives on war and genocide, racism and nationalism, the legitimacy of liberalism and capitalism, and more."--BOOK JACKET.