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Overview'No true Christian could vote for Donald Trump.' 'Real Christians are pro-life.' 'You can't be a Christian and support gay marriage.' Assertive statements like these not only reflect growing religious polarization but also express the anxiety over religious identity that pervades modern American Christianity. To address this disquiet, conservative Christians have sought security and stability: whether by retrieving 'historic Christian' doctrines, reconceptualizing their faith as a distinct culture, or reinforcing a political vision of what it means to be a follower of God in a corrupt world. The result is a concerted effort 'Make Christianity Great Again': a religious project predating the corresponding political effort to 'Make America Great Again.' Part intellectual history, part nuanced argument for change, this timely book explores why the question of what defines Christianity has become, over the last century, so damagingly vexatious - and how believers might conceive of it differently in future. Full Product DetailsAuthor: David W. Congdon (University Press of Kansas)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.710kg ISBN: 9781009428996ISBN 10: 1009428993 Pages: 404 Publication Date: 22 February 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Rule of Faith in an Age of Anxiety; 1. Modernizing the Rule: The Quest for the Essence of Christianity; 2. Recovering the Rule: The Retrieval of 'Historic Christianity'; 3. Inhabiting the Rule: How Christianity Became a Culture; 4. Weaponizing the Rule: Making Christianity (and America) Great Again; 5. Rewriting the Rule: Christianity without Orthodoxy; Conclusion: The Many Rules of Christianity.Reviews'In Who Is a True Christian, David Congdon tells the story of how 20th-century American Christians have repeatedly sought and failed to define and defend a pristine 'orthodox' or 'historic' or 'biblical' Christianity. In contrast to such efforts, Congdon offers his own challenging and inspiring vision of a supple Christianity consciously constructed around an inclusive norm of polydoxy.' Matthew Thiessen, McMaster University Author InformationDavid W. Congdon is a Senior Editor at the University Press of Kansas, where he acquires new titles in political science, and an Instructor at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary. He is the author of three books, including The Mission of Demythologizing: Rudolf Bultmann's Dialectical Theology (2015, which won the Rudolf Bultmann Prize in Hermeneutics from the Philipps University of Marburg), and the editor of Varieties of Christian Universalism: Exploring Four Views (2023). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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