TY  - MANSCPT
AU  - Kettle,David J.
TI  - Western culture in gospel context: towards the conversion of the West : theological bearings for mission and spirituality 
SN  - 9781610971843 (pbk)
AV  - BR500.A1 K48 2011
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Eugene, Or.
PB  - Cascade Books
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Western countries
KW  - Conversion
KW  - Christianity and culture
KW  - Missions
KW  - Civilization, Western
KW  - Church and the world
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-375) and index; Introduction: [Can the West be converted?] -- pt. 1. Knowing the gospel : bearings for human knowledge and enquiry -- pt. 2. Spreading the gospel : ten conversions towards the christianization of Western culture. Secular and sacred in contermporary understanding : conversion to creation and new creation by God -- The trajectory of Western culture, individualism, and totalitarianism : conversion to community under God -- The modern betrayal of enquiry : conversion to attentiveness toward God -- Contemporary demonization and polrization : conversion to divine bearings -- The needy consumer : conversion to the abundance of God -- The tragic sense of life : conversion to the gospel of hope -- Personal fulfillment and contemporary spirituality : conversion to eternal life -- The ideologuy of rights, and political correctness : conversion to God-given dignity -- Neoliberal capitalist ideology : conversion to the "commonweal" of God -- Public facts and private values : conversion to the sovereignty of God -- Concluding remarks on the mission
ER  -