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Ancient-Future Faith: Rethinking Evangelicalism for a Postmodern World
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(1933-2007) Robert E. Webber was, at the time of his death, Myers Professor of Ministry at Northern Seminary in Lombard, Illinois, and served as the President of the Institute for Worship Studies in Orange Park, Florida. His many books include Ancient-Future Faith and The Younger Evangelicals. ______________ Have you received Christ as your Lord and Saviour? Find out how to do so on our page: Plan of Salvation ______________ Tell others about Jesus like Robert E. Webber did: Though we are not all called to the ministry of a Pastor, Foreign Missionary, Prominent Evangelist, or Christian Writer, we are all called by God to share our faith (witness) with those who are not Christians. Some Bible verses that you will find helpful for doing this, and that you may want to commit to memory are found on other pages on our web site (see: Memory Verses; 2nd Set: Salvation!, Plan of Salvation, and Statement of Faith). ____________ Baker 1999 ____________ |
Author: Robert E. Webber ______________________________ Publisher's Description: This book paints a picture of the evangelical faith's future by showing how early church tradition provides the resources for answering today's postmodern generation. ______________________________ How should the church respond to the decline of modernity and the rise of post-modernism? Some are trying to hold on to the last vestiges of modern thinking, hoping through perseverance to affect a world that is, to a large extent, unable even to respond to modern conceptions. Others are eager to accept postmodern ideas and concepts, thus forcing Christian thought and doctrine to change for a new era. And still others, including Robert Webber, feel that the future of the church lies in its past. Webber argues, in Ancient-Future Faith, that the best answer to postmodernism is the ancient, orthodox Christian faith developed in the first centuries of Christianity. He looks at what he calls the six paradigms of Christian history. In each paradigm, the church faced specific cultural and social challenges. It was the response to these challenges which formed the basis of how the church presented itself to that particular culture and time. The six paradigms are:
Webber argues that the postmodern paradigm is most similar in context and flavor to the classical paradigm, because of the classical paradigm's emphasis on mystery (each paradigm sees a different emphasis:
The goal of incarnating Christianity in and to the emerging culture of postmodernism: "will not be accepted by abandoning the past, but by seeking out the transcultural framework of faith...that has been blessed by sociocultural particularity in every period of the church... The point of integration with a new ______________________________ |
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