Mark G. McKim

Christian Theology for a Secular Society (eBook, ePUB)

Singing the Lord's Song in a Strange Land

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"It's hard to be the only one." That single sentence from a teenage congregant sums up the conviction that motivated Christian Theology for a Secular Society. In these dying days of Christendom, the reality that most Western Christians face is living out their faith as a minority in the midst of a culture that is at every level--personal, institutional, and societal--secular in nature. While most living in Western societies still affirm belief in God and often other vaguely recognizable Christian beliefs, these affirmations frequently have little to do with how daily life is lived. The idea that the God best known to us in Jesus Christ is actually in charge of life is foreign. For most, Christianity simply does not form an overarching system of meaning that shapes life. Instead, life is lived largely without reference to God. And to live any other way is often "hard." In this volume, Mark McKim sets out to "do" theology in this context. How does one explain the core historic Christian doctrines in a way that makes sense in a secular culture--and in a way that will gain a hearing? What does it mean to be the church in this new situation? Throughout, McKim asks the question, so what? as he relates Christian teachings to a secular society and to what is actually happening in the local church. McKim's goal is to enable the singing of the Lord's song in the new and strange land of a secular society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wipf and Stock Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 526
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498276429
• Artikelnr.: 55268817

Autorenporträt

Mark G. McKim was educated at the University of New Brunswick, Acadia Divinity College of Acadia University, and Boston University. Guided by commitments to the life of the mind and to the mission of the church, he has combined scholarship and pastoral ministry. He has published and lectured extensively on theology, church history, and apologetics. McKim, who has pastored for nearly twenty years, is the senior minister at First Baptist Church, Regina, Saskatchewan.