Letters to a Young Evangelical - Softcover

Campolo, Tony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0465003540 ISBN 13: 9780465003549

Publisher: Basic Books, 2008

Synopsis

Named by Christianity Today as one of the most influential preachers of the last fifty years, best-selling author Tony Campolo has spent decades calling on readers and audiences around the world to live their faith through committed activism. In Letters to a Young Evangelical, Campolo enjoins evangelicals young and old to resist the intimidating rhetoric of the Religious Right and think for themselves. With his trademark candor and wit, he offers sage advice to seekers who are trying to live their faith in a modern world that is politically polarized and predominantly secular. He is unafraid to touch on hot-button topics including abortion, gay marriage, the war in Iraq, women in the ministry, and relations between Christianity and Islam. An activist, a visionary, and a man of deep faith, Tony Campolo offers guidance not only for young evangelicals, but also for seekers of all ages and faiths.

About this title

About the Author:

Tony Campolo is the founder of the Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education, which nurtures and supports programmes for "at-risk" children in cities across the USA and Canada, and has helped establish schools and universities in several developing countries. Campolo is an ordained minister, and a regular contributor on American television shows. He has written over twenty books, and has over 400 speaking engagements every year around the world.

From Publishers Weekly:

Campolo offers a strong enough addition to Basic's Letters to a Young... series that even older readers will learn a thing or two. In letters to two fictional young evangelicals, Campolo endeavors to challenge and encourage young Christians in much the same way Paul did in his epistles. In keeping with this Pauline theme, Campolo addresses his letters to Timothy, but, in keeping with his strong belief that women and men are equally fit for church leadership, also addresses them to Junia, a spiritual leader to whom Paul refers in the book of Romans. As Campolo covers such topics as the religious right, fundamentalism, dispensationalism, homosexuality, abortion and Christian-Muslim relations, he admirably steers clear of telling his readers what to think. Rather, he explains his position on the issue at hand, explains the positions of his detractors and leaves his readers to decide for themselves. Campolo calls himself a "Red Letter Christian," which signifies identification with neither the Right nor the Left, but with Jesus, whose words are rendered in red letters in many editions of the Bible. For Campolo, Red Letter Christianity is about following the radical teachings of Jesus, particularly identification with the poor, compassion for the suffering and the courage to stand against injustice. (Dec.)
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About this edition

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0465003540
• ISBN 13: 9780465003549
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288