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Why You're Here: Ethics for the Real World

Why You're Here: Ethics for the Real World


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What are Christians to be and to do in the world? What does faithfulness look like in these complex and confusing times?Christians are often told either to take over the world in God's name or to withdraw into faithful sanctuaries of counter-cultural witness. John Stackhouse offers a concise, vivid, and practical alternative based on the teachings of Scripture about the meaning of human life in this world and the next. Why You're Here provides an accessible, concrete program for the faithful Christian living in today's world, fraught as it is with ambiguity, irony, and frequent choices among unpalatable options. Stackhouse speaks directly to everyday Christians who are searching for straightforward advice on some of their most complex quandaries and the challenges inherent in staying true to the Bible's teachings. Politicians, medical professionals, businesspeople, professors, lawyers, pastors, students, and anyone else concerned to think realistically and hopefully about Christian engagement in society today will find here a framework to both guide and inspire them in everyday life.

Table of Contents:
Introduction Part I: Our (Permanent) Human Calling: Make Shalom Chapter 1: The Basic Calling of Humanity Chapter 2: Human Vocation: All of Us, Some of Us, Each of Us Part II: Our (Temporary) Christian Calling: Make Disciples Chapter 3: The Basic Calling of the Church Chapter 4: The Christian Vocation: All of Us, Some of Us, Each of Us Part III: Responding to the Call of Jesus Chapter 5: Principles for the Normal Chapter 6: Facing the Borderline Chapter 7: Faith, Hope, and Liberty Chapter 8: Making the Best of It Chapter 9: Behaving in Public Conclusion: Final Formulas

About the Author :
John G. Stackhouse, Jr. is Samuel J. Mikolaski Professor of Religious Studies and Dean of Faculty Development at Crandall University.

Review :
"...most readers, like this reviewer, will become fans of Professor Stackhouse and will choose to read his "more academic "texts, to savor the practical, compact, catchy ripostes scattered throughout his writing. To summarize tersely what Stackhouse's readily readable book on Christian ethics is about: "The scope of God's call on our lives" concerns "Everything. Everywhere. Everyone. Everymoment" (p. 129), and that's "why you'rehere" (p. 288)." -- Mark Porto, Biblical Theology Bulletin "John Stackhouse is one of North America's most significant evangelical theologians. An erudite, witty, and ambitious scholar who has written over a dozen books in a career spanning three decades, he should be better known on the U.S. side of the border The book is chock-full of wise apothegms and keen observations."-- David P. Gushee, Christian Century "With extraordinary single-mindedness, John Stackhouse's discussion in Why You're Here revolves around four fundamental realities: call, shalom, Jesus Christ, and salvation. All human beings are called to seek shalom. Christians are called, in addition, to extend Christ's work of salvation. Single-minded but not simple-minded, Stackhouse recognizes the complexities of answering one's call in the real world. Yet he never allows the reader to lose sight of the signposts: shalom and salvation. Lucid, wise, and passionate."--Nicholas Wolterstorff, Noah Porter Professor Emeritus of Philosophical Theology, Yale University "Stackhouse gently and astutely reminds us that Christian ethics are not simply about what's right or wrong, but rather what it truly means to be Christian in this world. He inspires us to understand that we can love God, our neighbor and ourselves, simultaneously, as we follow our life's calling - not only in our work, but in everything we do. I couldn't put it down, definitely a 'must read'!"--Bonnie Pruett Wurzbacher, Chief Resource Development Officer of World Vision International


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780190636746
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Height: 137 mm
  • No of Pages: 328
  • Spine Width: 20 mm
  • Weight: 421 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0190636742
  • Publisher Date: 04 Jan 2018
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Ethics for the Real World
  • Width: 206 mm


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