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Ancient-Future Faith: Rethinking Evangelicalism for a Postmodern World

Robert Webber

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[W]ho better than Bob Webber to help us rethink evangelicalism's place in a postmodern world?...The spirit of ANCIENT-FUTURE FAITH may be summed up in two statements from the book. First: "The most formidable challenge currently facing evangelicals is the shift from a modern to a postmodern worldview." In a world operating in the shadows cast by Derrida, Foucault, and Rorty, everything has changed. the Enlightenment has been "deconstructed" and found wanting. The modern period has been eclipsed and so, in turn, has the Christian faith once its "metanarrative" has been pluralized. Second: "The road to the future runs through the past." Faced with the modern-post-mpdern revolution, Webber proposes a dialogue between the two and counters with a creative calling to re-present a classical Christianity within the postmodern world. He contends that the faith of the early church provides a witness and an example of how the evangelical church can faithfully respond to today's culture. By suggesting a classical/postmodern dialogue in the areas of Christ, church, worship, spirituality, and mission, Webber shows the outworkings of a truly ancient-future faith.

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Other editions: Softcover - 2007, Softcover - 1999, Softcover - 1998, Hardcover - 1998, Hardcover - 1996, Hardcover - 1996, Hardcover - 1995, Hardcover - 1995, Hardcover - 1992, Hardcover - 1992