Tim Gorringe presents a threefold, and interrelated, reflection organised around culture, power and mission. First, Gorringe interrogates culture through contemporary cultural studies but also through the contribution of the great eighteenth century theologian, J.G. Herder. He concludes by considering the question of cultural imperialism. Secondly, Gorringe asks where power is located in culture, and how the church relates to that, arguing that the central theses of liberation theology are far from dead. The third part turns to questions of mission, asking whether this is morally feasible in a culturally pluralist world and considering the implications of Samuel Huntington's notorious thesis of the 'clash of civilizations'. Gorringe argues that mission is in fact a vital part of a respectful multicultural society.
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"...a reading of texts and situations that is remarkable in its breadth and insight." -- John de Gruchy, Robert Selby Taylor Professor of Christian Studies, University of Cape Town
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Timothy Gorringe taught in India, Oxford and St Andrews before taking up his current position as Professor of Theological Studies at Exeter University. Most recent publications: Karl Barth: Against Hegemony (OUP 1999); The Education of Desire (SCM 2001); A Theology Of the Built Environment (CUP 2002).
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Human beings, says Clifford Geertz in a famous image, are animals suspended in webs of significance they themselves have spun. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
moral monism, cultural populism, residual culture, long revolution, local distinctiveness, false universalism, global ethic, new hegemony Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Raymond Williams, Third World, Terry Eagleton, Karl Barth, New Testament, Stuart Hall, African Cry, Cambridge University Press, Matthew Arnold, South Africa, African Theology, Oxford University Press, Alasdair Maclntyre, Jesus Christ, Latin American, Lesslie Newbigin, Mount Fuji, Aloysius Pieris, John Tomlinson, Lamin Sanneh, Wholly Other, Chetan Bhatt, Church Dogmatics New!
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Human beings, says Clifford Geertz in a famous image, are animals suspended in webs of significance they themselves have spun. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
moral monism, cultural populism, residual culture, long revolution, local distinctiveness, false universalism, global ethic, new hegemony Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Raymond Williams, Third World, Terry Eagleton, Karl Barth, New Testament, Stuart Hall, African Cry, Cambridge University Press, Matthew Arnold, South Africa, African Theology, Oxford University Press, Alasdair Maclntyre, Jesus Christ, Latin American, Lesslie Newbigin, Mount Fuji, Aloysius Pieris, John Tomlinson, Lamin Sanneh, Wholly Other, Chetan Bhatt, Church Dogmatics New!
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