Identifying as Christian in an alien public arena

"Although Christianity is the world's largest religion, there is confusion over what it means to be Christian within contemporary society. For individuals it is difficult to find, form, or receive a Christian identity, let alone maintain a Christian identity, within a secular world. Within...

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Other Authors Miner, Maureen (Editor), Stephens, Mark (Ancient Historian) (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2020]
Subjects
Identity (Psychology) > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Christianity and culture.
Employees > Religious life.
Work > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Religion > Christian Living > Social Issues.
Christian life and practice.
Religious social and pastoral thought and activity.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806604937
DOI10.1108/9781648022906
Physical Description1 online resource (222 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Part I. The problem of christian identity in light of church and culture
  • Chapter 1. Whispers from the margins: Problems of christian identity in a pluralistic democracy / Maureen Miner and Mark Stephens
  • Chapter 2. Evangelical identity in a secular age: The use of the bible in the rhetoric of crisis / Mark Stephens
  • Chapter 3. Voicing coherent christian identity within the public arena / Maureen Miner
  • Chapter 4. Religious identity in post-christian Australia: Lessons from thai buddhist converts / James A. Blumenstock and Stuart Devenish
  • Part II. Expressing a christian identity through the professions
  • Chapter 5. Identity and calling to work among the religious: Promoting wider good / Grant R. Bickerton and Maureen Miner
  • Chapter 6. Public intellectuals and their commitment to the common good: The role of christian academics / Jerry Pattengale and Christopher J. Devers
  • Chapter 7. The contribution of schools to forming a public christian identity / John Collier
  • Chapter 8. A judgment in stone: A perspective on christian identity in selected don juan plays / Roz Riley and Maureen Miner. About the Contributors.

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