In my last blog, I discussed the second of the three central motifs, Christ And Culture in Paradox, in H. Richard Niebuhr’s book Christ and Culture (HarperOne, New York, NY, 2001). He names this ‘family’ dualist as they live within the paradox of human sinfulness and God’s grace. I now turn to …
Christ and Culture in Paradox
In my last blog, I discussed the first of the three central motifs, Christ Above Culture, in H. Richard Niebuhr’s book Christ and Culture (HarperOne, New York, NY, 2001). He names this ‘family’ synthesists as they are more concerned with Christian culture than trying to Christianize culture. In …
Christ Above Culture
H. Richard Niebuhr (1894–1962) wrote Christ and Culture (HarperOne, New York, NY, 2001) in 1951 to answer the “enduring problem” of how Christians live within culture. In my two previous blogs, I first wrote about the radical Christ Against Culture and then followed with the counter position, Christ …
Christ of Culture
In my previous blog, I wrote about Christ Against Culture which rejects the secular culture. This radical type of Christianity can be found within monastic communities and in such notable persons as Leo Tolstoy. H. Richard Niebuhr (1894–1962) wrote Christ and Culture (HarperOne, New York, NY, 2001) …
Christ Against Culture
Richard Niebuhr (1894–1962) wrote Christ and Culture (HarperOne, New York, NY, 2001) in 1951 after giving a series of 1949 lectures at my alma mater, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. In my last blog, I gave an introduction to Christ and Culture which Niebuhr describes as “the enduring …