Overview
Anderson shows how Early Christians' faith took root in a multicultural world just as diverse and conflicted as our own. Their basic attitude turns out to have been one of astounding freedom--not a cultus of rules, but a matter of whole-hearted response; for they lived in conversation with the One whose love for all his wayward creatures is utterly tenacious. We find ourselves continually surprised by an insistent grace that treasures all persons equally while exposing and deposing our evil. Such faith still evokes basic confidence; and we find ourselves, ever again moved by gratitude and trusting each others' Christ-emboldened freedom. If we are embraced by grace, our becoming ""great again"" can only mean unlimited concern for all and free-flowing interactive service. The playful work ethic that ensues holds promise for our politically splintered post-industrial age. The New Testament's seed-like ethical genotype still unfolds into a secure, all-embracing, and mutually supportive ""sabbatic"" life stance. What could be more relevant for our future in conflicted times?
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Author: Raymond Kemp Anderson ,
Raymond Carr
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Imprint: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 0.80cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.286kg
ISBN: 9781532647390
ISBN 10: 1532647395
Pages: 118
Publication Date: 09 October 2018
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Your book was a delight to read, both in substance and form, including your illuminating foot notes. I found it confirming of my still evolving faith journey and revealing of new and important understandings. For many of us, including me, the reorienting of our mind comes about through struggle with that harsh hand that kneads us and shapes us. (See Poem The Man Watching, Rilke) However, it is deeply comforting to know whose hand it is who shapes us and releases us from that which blocks our responding in love. The freedom message of your book also met me at the right time. Exercising the freedom which is ours in Christ requires, as you suggest, trust. Reading your book has helped to strengthen that trust, an additional gift from you. I Look forward to recommending the book to some friends. It's an important book. It's a gem! ---Cecil (Chip) Hoffman, California
Author Information
Raymond Kemp Anderson is Emeritus Chairman of Philosophy and Religion at Wilson College. As one of Karl Barth's last doctoral candidates, he wrote Law and Order: The Life-Structuring Dynamics of Grace and Virtue in Calvin's Ethical Thought. Now, following a long career as teacher and pastor, he has authored Liberating Speech--Today; An American Scholar Recalls Karl Barth's Golden Years as a Teacher (1958-1964); and Karl Barth's Table Talk.
