christianity and culture

"Christianity is the most enduring and influential legacy of the ancient world, and its emergence is the single most transformative development in Western history. [This book] explores what it was that made Christianity so revolutionary and why, in a West that has become increasingly doubtful of religion's claims, so many of its instincts remain irredeemably Christian. Today, the West remains utterly saturated by Christian assumptions. Our morals and ethics are not universal. Instead, they are the fruits of a very distinctive civilization. Concepts such as secularism, liberalism, science, and homosexuality are deeply rooted in a Christian seedbed. From Babylon to the Beatles, Saint Michael to #MeToo, . . . tells the story of how Christianity transformed the world"Provided by publisher.

Argues that radical Christian nationalism is a well-funded, organized, political movement that wants power and to control government and society, thereby threatening American institutions and democracy. Examines leading religious personalities, think tanks, advocacy groups, and organizations that the author deems antidemocratic, and discusses how they control the White House, state capitols, schools, courts, and hospitals.

The extraordinary success of the Left Behind series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins shows that their action/adventure novels have tapped into the American psyche. It has revived our fascination with vivid images of the book of Revelation and other biblical texts: the Antichrist, the mysterious number 666, and people suddenly "raptured" into the sky by God. But is there something dangerous behind the thinking in these books and how they play out in our world today? In Left Behind or Left Befuddled, Gordon Isaac takes the reader inside the theology behind the series. In clear and accessible prose, Isaac answers many important questions that Christians have about the phenomenon that is Left Behind.

In this prophetic call to faithful Christian living, Marva Dawn identifies the epidemic sociocultural attitudes that destroy hope in our modern lives. Because affluent persons don't knoow what to value, we remain dissatisfied with what we have and are compelled to want more at the expense of the world's less fortunate.

This book examines how the Wamapanoag Indians' adoption of Christianity and other selective borrowing from English culture contributed to Indian/English coexistence and the long-term survival of Wamapanoag communities on the island of Martha's Vineyard, even as the racial barrier between peoples grew more rigid. On an island marked by centralized English authority, missionary commitment, and an Indian majority, the Wampanoags' adaptation to English culture, especially Christianity, checked violence while safeguarding their land, community, and ironically, even customs. Yet the colonists' exploitation of Indian land and labor exposed the limits of Christian fellowship and thus hardened racial division.

Explores the various ways that cultural backgrounds influence religious beliefs and traditions.

Contains thirteen sets of essays by scholars and journalists in which they discuss issues related to the portrayal of religion in the media.