Faith and ModernityPhilip Sampson, Vinay Samuel, Chris Sugden The context for Christian mission is the world of modern technology and modern thought. Yet how well do we really understand modernity? This book sets out the ideas discussed at a conference of the Lausanne Committee on World Evangelisation, held in Uppsala, Sweden in 1993. |
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
The rise of postmodernity | 29 |
MODERNITY AND CHRISTIANITY | 59 |
shopping | 89 |
the doctrine of God | 116 |
Modernity and anthropology | 136 |
Modernity and morality | 151 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Faith and Modernity Lynx/Regnum Studies in Evangelism, Mission & Development |
| Editors | Philip Sampson, Vinay Samuel, Chris Sugden |
| Edition | reprint, revised |
| Publisher | OCMS, 1994 |
| ISBN | 1870345177, 9781870345170 |
| Length | 352 pages |
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