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To Change the World

Book Response: To Change the World, by James Davison Hunter

May 5, 2016 by Tom Grosh IV No Comments

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To Change the World has been hailed as “a seminal book on cultural formation and change, particularly insightful on how Christians (primarily evangelical) have understood and misunderstood culture change over the past 40 years or so” (Micheal Hickerson. Changing the World with James Davison Hunter. Emerging Scholars Network Blog, 8/2/2010).

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Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Christian Thought and Practice, Ministry to Emerging Generations Tagged With: Anabaptism, Book Review, culture, Evangelicalism, james davison hunter, Kingdom of God, ministry to emerging generations, ministry to emerging generations series, To Change the World

Is Exile the Best Paradigm for Christians in the Academy?

August 16, 2010 by Micheal Hickerson No Comments

Jeremiah from the Sistine Chapel

I’ve been working through some thoughts left over from my reading of James Davison Hunter’s To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World. This is probably my last post on this book, unless, of course, I think of something else. In searching for a new paradigm for […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy Tagged With: academic culture, culture, exile, james davison hunter, jeremiah 29, To Change the World

How do we practice a faithful presence?

August 9, 2010 by Micheal Hickerson No Comments

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How do we practice a faithful presence in our tasks as students and faculty: research, writing, teaching, service, campus life? Do you have any examples of people doing this well or ideas on how it might be done well?

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy Tagged With: culture-making, Faculty, graduate students, james davison hunter, professor, To Change the World

Week in Review: Future of Evangelicals Edition

August 6, 2010 by Tom Grosh IV No Comments

What are you reading, watching, thinking about this week? As usual, here’s a few which have been on our mind. Let us know your thoughts on any/all of them. If you have items you’d like us to consider for the top five, add them in the comments or send them to Tom or Mike. 1.  The […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Week in Review Tagged With: Amish, Donald Kraybill, elaine howard ecklund, Evangelicalism, faith, mark noll, Notre Dame, philosophy, tenure, the Evangelical Mind, To Change the World

Changing the World with James Davison Hunter

August 2, 2010 by Micheal Hickerson 4 Comments

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James Davison Hunter, a sociologist at the University of Virginia, has produced a seminal book on cultural formation and change, particularly insightful on how Christians (primarily evangelical) have understood and misunderstood culture change over the past 40 years or so.

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Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Christ and the Academy Tagged With: church, culture, culture-making, james davison hunter, local communities, To Change the World

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