Christ and Culture

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By Richard H Neibuhr

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Christ and Culture by Richard H. Niebuhr explores the complex relationship between Christian faith and the secular world. This 50th-anniversary edition features a new foreword by historian Martin E. Marty, who hails the book as one of the most vital of our time, alongside an introduction by the author and a preface by ethicist James Gustafson. Niebuhr examines how Christians can remain true to Christ’s teachings within a materialistic society, presenting five distinct approaches to engaging with culture.
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This foundational work is ideal for students, theologians, and readers interested in Christian ethics, theology, and the interaction between faith and society.

This book is one of great significance, and anyone who claims to be at all an courant with modern theological thought will certainly wish to become familiar with it. --Time and Tide

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This 50th-anniversary edition, with a new foreword by the distinguished historian Martin E. Marty, who regards this book as one of the most vital books of our time, as well as an introduction by the author never before included in the book, and a new preface by James Gustafson, the premier Christian ethicist who is considered Niebuhr’s contemporary successor, poses the challenge of being true to Christ in a materialistic age to an entirely new generation of Christian readers.

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Christ and Culture

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Paul Ramsey of Journal of Religion describes it as "the one outstanding book in the field of basic Christian social ethics." Paul Hutchinson in The New York Times Book Review praises its analytical depth in addressing the challenge of Christ's relevance to modern culture, highlighting Niebuhr's identification of five ways Christians relate to culture. Time and Tide regards it as a book of great significance for anyone interested in contemporary theological thought.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780061300035

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 September 1956

Country: United States

Imprint: Harper & Row Ltd

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 19.0mm

Width: 142.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 262g

Pages: 320

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About the Author

H. Richard Niebuhr was one of the most influential American Protestant theologians of the 20th century and a legendary professor at Yale who was considered a leading authority on ethics and the American church. He was a passionate advocate for living out one's Christian faith authentically in the context of real world of today. He influenced many of our leading contemporary ethical leaders such as Stephen Carter, Garry Wills, and Michael Novak. The younger brother of the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, H. Richard was educated at Eden Theological Seminary and Washington University in St. Louis, Yale Divinity School, and Yale University, where he was one of the first students to receive a Ph.D. in religion (1924). Ordained a pastor of the Evangelical and Reformed Church in 1916, he taught at Eden Theological Seminary (1919—22; 1927—31) and also served as president of Elmhurst College (1924—27). From 1931 he taught theology and Christian ethics at Yale Divinity School.