Humility: Rediscovering the Way of Love and Life in Christ - Softcover

Austin, Michael W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802882102 ISBN 13: 9780802882103

Publisher: Eerdmans, 2024

Synopsis

Amid culture wars and church division, Michael W. Austin calls us back to the authentic Way—following Christ in humility and love. 
 
American Christians have lost the Way. We chase power and comfort and coat our self-righteousness in a Christian veneer. We comfort ourselves that we follow the rules and go to church, so life will work out for us. But we have forgotten what it means to truly follow Christ. 
 
Michael Austin brings us back to basics of the Christian life: humility and love. Drawing on Philippians and 1 Corinthians, Austin reminds us how Jesus, in love, poured himself out for others. This other-centeredness stands contrary to vainglorious affirmation in our lives, online and off—and it is the key to healing the deep divisions in our communities.  
 
Austin guides the reader through spiritual disciplines to aid in the formation of this virtue, from praying the Psalms to building healthy communities. For Christians seeking transformative union with God, in their souls and society, Humility is the ideal companion.

Martin Institute and the Dallas Willard Research Center at Westmont College Dallas Willard Research Center Book Award Finalist (2025)

About this title

About the Authors

Michael W. Austin is Foundation Professor of Philosophy at Eastern Kentucky University and Bonhoeffer Senior Fellow of the Miller Center for Interreligious Learning and Leadership of Hebrew College. He has published twelve books, most recently Humility: Rediscovering the Way of Love and Life in Christ and QAnon, Chaos, and the Cross: Christianity and Conspiracy Theories.

 

David P. Gushee is Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics at Mercer University, Atlanta, Georgia. He also serves as chair in Christian social ethics at Vrije Universiteit and senior research fellow at International Baptist Theological Study Centre, both in Amsterdam. His many other books include Righteous Gentiles of the Holocaust: Genocide and Moral Obligation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Eerdmans
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802882102
• ISBN 13: 9780802882103
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208