The relation between Jesus Christ and culture should be recognized as a topic of crucial importance in every historical context. It concerns the foundational questions of Christian thought and action. In this book Dr. Klaas Schilder deals with this challenging subject in a bold and incisive manner, thus making his readers aware of the all-embracing significance of Christ for cultural endeavors. The biblical position taken by the author leads him to explore its implications with remarkable clarity and directness. In this way he makes a valuable contribution to the development of a Christian view of culture.
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Foreword by Richard J. Mouw, Preface by William Helder and Albert H. Oosterhoff, 1-A Challenging Topic; 2-A Foundational Topic; 3-A Difficult Problem; 4-Christ versus Culture?; 5-Jesus Christ and Culture; 6-Why Not ‘Christianity and Culture’?; 7-Why Not ‘Jesus and Culture’?; 8.-Christ Speaks in His Word; 9-Jesus Is Not a Cultural Theoretician; 10-Jesus Is Not an Art Theoretician; 11-Jesus as the Christ; 12-Christ the Unique Office-bearer; 13-Adam the Original Office-bearer; 14-Christ Comes to Reconcile; 15-Christ Comes to Restore; 16-Culture at Creation; 17-Culture after the Fall; 18-Common Grace?; 19-The New Creation Purges the Old; 20-True Culture Requires Obedience; 21-Antichristian Culture Is Truncated; 22-Christian Culture Will Reach Completion; 23-Consequence One: No Culture as Such; 24-Consequence Two: The Moral Law Comes from Above; 25-Consequence Three: Cultural Abstention Is Sin; 26-Consequence Four: Common Grace Is Not the Answer; 27-Consequence Five: The Church as Cultural Force; 28-Consequence Six: Christ Uses Individuals; 29-Consequence Seven: Fulfilling Our Office;
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