To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World
The structure of this book is quite simple. Hunter creates a three-part typology of ways in which Christians have attempted to change the world; he then systematically argues for the inadequacy of each strategy; and, finally, he proposes a fourth alternative that he says fits his theory of power and...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford Univ. Press
2011
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Sociology of religion
Year: 2011, Volume: 72, Issue: 3, Pages: 377-378 |
| Review of: | To change the world (New York : Oxford University Press, 2010) (Miller, Donald E.)
To change the world (New York : Oxford University Press, 2010) (Miller, Donald E.) |
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| Summary: | The structure of this book is quite simple. Hunter creates a three-part typology of ways in which Christians have attempted to change the world; he then systematically argues for the inadequacy of each strategy; and, finally, he proposes a fourth alternative that he says fits his theory of power and cultural change. To give away the ending of this review, I found his three-fold typology to be useful at a descriptive level, but I was dissatisfied with the solution that he proposes., The first type he labels “defensive against” and includes fundamentalists, many mainstream evangelicals, and some conservative Catholics. They have a mythical ideal of a rightly ordered society and believe that American culture is morally bankrupt, moving toward disorder. |
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| ISSN: | 1759-8818 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociology of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/socrel/srr037 |