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Informationen zum Autor By Andrew L. Fitz-Gibbon Klappentext In the World, But Not of the World explores the threefold tension among Alasdair MacIntyre's prognosis for Western society; the desires of some for a social transformation with a Christian moral vision at the sacred centre; and a "baptist" understanding of Christianity as essentially voluntary, non-sacralist discipleship. Andrew Fitz-Gibbon uses five contemporary Christian social thinkers, from different traditions, as conversation partners. Through his examination of these thinkers, Fitz-Gibbon explores how the church may continue to truthfully narrate the Christian story in the midst of the moral tensions of late-capitalist Western society. His creative conclusion is that the church at the beginning of the twenty-first century can move toward a resolution of the central tension of "being in the world,but not of the world" through a synthesis of the believers' church tradition and an affirmation of communitarian liberal democracy. No Baptist to my knowledge in the U.K. has explored the civic position and possibilites of gathered churches in the way Fitz-Gibbon has. Theology Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Continuing Saga of Christian Social Thinking Chapter 3 Christian Social Theory and the Telling of Stories Chapter 4 A Truthful Tale of Messianic Community: John Howard Yoder Chapter 5 A Retelling of Protestant Neo-Orthodoxy: Lesslie Newbigin Chapter 6 A Magisterial Story of Polis Catholicism: Pope John Paul II Chapter 7 Creating a Narrative for American Popular Conservatisim: Pat Robertson Chapter 8 A Narration of Catholic Whig Tradition: Michael Novak Chapter 9 Towards a Resolution of the Central Tension in Christian Social Thinking
