The Gagging of God
Christianity confronts pluralism
Description
In this important book, D A Carson gives a far-ranging analysis of pluralism in its various forms, e.g. inter-faith pluralism. He mounts a firm defence of historic Christianity over a broad front, engaging with modern trends in a forthright, sensitive and intelligent way. Finally he confronts the pluralism which has seeped into the evangelical community.
To these tasks he brings the formidable exegetical gifts already displayed in a clutch of widely acclaimed titles, the front-line experience of one frequently involved in student evangelism, and a deep concern for the true communication of the gospel in the modern world that is reminiscent of Francis Schaeffer.
Carson delivers both a thoughtful critique of pluralism, based on wide reading and interaction, and a positive programme for the contemporary church showing how it can confront the challenge of post-modernism.
To these tasks he brings the formidable exegetical gifts already displayed in a clutch of widely acclaimed titles, the front-line experience of one frequently involved in student evangelism, and a deep concern for the true communication of the gospel in the modern world that is reminiscent of Francis Schaeffer.
Carson delivers both a thoughtful critique of pluralism, based on wide reading and interaction, and a positive programme for the contemporary church showing how it can confront the challenge of post-modernism.
Table of contents
- 1. The challenges of contemporary Pluralism
- Part One: Hermeneutics
- 2. The taming of truth: the hermeneutical morass
- 3. Escaping from the hermeneutical morass: "Let God be true and every man a liar"
- Part Two: Religious Pluralism
- 4. Has God spoken? The authority of Revelation
- 5. What God has spoken: opening moves in the Bible's plot-line
- 6. What God has spoken: Climatic moves in the Bible's plot line 7. God's final word
- 8. On drawing lines, when drawing lines is rude
- Part Three: Christian living in a pluralistic culture
- 9. Nibbling at the edges: the range of the challenge
- 10. The vision thing
- Part Four: Pluralism within the camp
- 11. Fraying, fragmented, frustrated: the changing face of Western evangelicalism
- 12. On heralding the Gospel in a pluralistic culture
- 13. On banishing the Lake of Fire
- 14. "This is my Father's world": contextualisation and globalisation
- Appendix: When is spirituality spiritual?
Additional Information
| Author | Don Carson |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9780851112626 |
| Dimensions | 138mm x 216mm |
| Pages | 640 |
| Publisher | Apollos |
| Format | Paperback |
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