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- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateNovember 6, 2019
- Grade level12 and up
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Every book Owen Strachan writes is worth the cover price, but ‘Reenchanting Humanity’ doubly so. Strachan tackles the pressing biblical, theological, and cultural issues pertaining to human existence and experience. As he does, Strachan is resolutely orthodox, helpfully prescient, and unmistakably clear. Strachan offers the reader a guided tour through biblical anthropology, and any who desires to engage these issues owes it to himself to buy and read this book.
-- Jason K. Allen (President, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)Strachan uses the Bible as a magnifying lens and looks at mankind in the context of this anthropocentric, narcissistic, sin–ridden, self–sufficient, self–defined, and high–tech generation and has given us, not only his analysis of the problem, but also its cause and its cure. I love the way the author begins with the image of God and ends with Christ, as the God–man who reenchants our humanity. This is a must–read.
-- Miguel Nuñez (Senior Pastor, International Baptist Church, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)This book is filled with rich, scripturally grounded insight that will give every reader an increased appreciation for the great honor and significance of existing as a human being made in the image of God.
-- Wayne Grudem (Research Professor of Theology and Biblical Studies, Phoenix Seminary, Phoenix, Arizona)If you want to know who you are in light of Scripture, and learn how to speak good news to our poor lost world, this book is must reading. From Scripture and faithful theological reasoning, Strachan carefully and wisely answers some of the most significant questions of our day. In this book we have the antidote to the diseased thinking of our day: a sound theological and Christocentric anthropology.
-- Stephen J. Wellum (Professor of Christian Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky)In this ‘humble attempt to see humanity afresh through biblical eyes,’ Owen Strachan asks, and brilliantly answers, questions such as ‘Does the human person live in an ordered cosmos and have an appointed identity, or does he make his own identity in a world without God?’ Reenchanting Humanity could not be more timely. In this Christological anthropology, Strachan offers a holistic vision of humanity for our disenchanted age. Who says anthropology has to be boring?
-- Andreas Köstenberger (Founder of Biblical Foundations and co–author of ‘Equipping for Life’ and ‘God’s Design for Man & Woman’)Having lost our vision for God in previous generations, our vision for humanity is up for grabs. Consequently, the doctrine of humanity needs fresh and clear articulation in the church and in the culture. It is heartening to see young scholars like Owen Strachan take up this challenge in his book ‘Reenchanting Humanity’.
-- Donald W. Sweeting (President & Professor of Church History, Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando, Florida)This book supplies a doctrine of mankind that is derived from God’s Word, that is both Christological and covenantal, and that celebrates that our chief end is to glorify God by enjoying him forever. ‘Reenchanting Humanity’ is a gift to the church in the twenty–first century.
-- Jason S. DeRouchie (Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Theology, Bethlehem College and Seminary, Minneapolis, Minnesota)… a biblically grounded, theologically rich, thoroughly researched, and holistic account of the human person. As new challenges continue to arise in the twenty–first century, evangelicals need to have a theological framework that can speak to all aspects of the human condition. This book is a giant leap in that direction.
-- David Talcott (Assistant Professor of Philosophy, The King’s College, New York City) --This text refers to the hardcover edition.About the Author
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- Publisher : Christian Focus Publications (November 6, 2019)
- Publication date : November 6, 2019
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Owen Strachan is associate professor of Christian theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and serves as a senior fellow of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. In addition to being a contributing writer for the Gospel Coalition, he has written for The Atlantic, the Washington Post, OnFaith, First Things, Christianity Today, The Federalist, and the Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology. Owen also regularly speaks to media outlets, including FOX News, the Hugh Hewitt Show, and the Eric Metaxas Show, and works as a research fellow of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. He is married and is the father of three children.
Connect with Owen on Facebook (@OwenDStrachan) and Twitter (@OwenStrachan).
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One of the many reasons, I appreciate Owen Strachan so much is that he is the polar opposite of the author above. Agree or disagree, readers always know where Dr. Strachan stands. His latest book is no exception.
Reenchanting Humanity: A Theology of Mankind is a book that is desperately needed by the church in our day. Many in the church have lost their bearings (some appear to have lost their minds). The journey to the Celestial City has been sidetracked by compromise, theological error, and political correctness. Instead of sailing to our heavenly home with biblical fidelity, scores of people have surrendered their oars and are dog-paddling in a different direction. Rather than affirming what the Scripture affirms about mankind, they embrace the ideology of the zeitgeist. Instead of tethering their view of mankind to Christ, they cling to the flimsy and flawed view of culture.
Reenchanting Humanity is a theological antidote to the rampant compromise which is currently polluting the church and corroding the pillars of the Christian mind. But Reenchanting Humanity is more than an antidote. It is more than a defensive reaction to the godless ideology that infects the church. Rather, it is an offensive biblical bombshell that destroys error and bolsters the Christian worldview.
The lofty aim of Reenchanting Humanity is “to give future pastors of Christ’s church great confidence in the doctrine of man.” Strachan’s hope is that “those facing many challenges to this doctrine from inside and outside the church, will gain strength from or rigorously biblical and theological study of theocentric anthropology.”
Dr. Strachan’s goal is achieved in the space of 418 pages. He anchors this tour in anthropology by demonstrating that creatures are made in the imago Dei. In other words, we have been created by God - for his glory. As such we have intrinsic value. He rightly notes, “Mankind is not an accident; mankind is the special creation of almighty God. By recapturing the biblical account of human origins, we recapture human dignity, human worth, and our own identities.”
But the Bible clearly describes how creatures sinned and fell far from God. Strachan skillfully shows readers the many consequences of the fall and helps them decipher where work, sexuality, race and ethnicity, technology, and justice fit in a fallen world.
The chapter entitled, "Contingency" is thought-provoking, challenging, and illuminating. The author writes, “Humanity was, is, and will be contingent. We are wholly dependent on God, wholly under divine control, and wholly and unalterably beings made by God.” He continues, “We need God. We depend on him for existence, but just as significantly, we depend on him for purpose, meaning, and the discovery of hope. Take away the Lord, and all is futile.” And so the fact of contingency weighs heavily on creatures. Tragically, however, many either refuse to acknowledge their contingent status or give up entirely. But Strachan reminds us, “The biblical portrait of man’s temporality drives us not to despair but to worship God. Once reconciled to the reality of our finitude on the earth, we may reverse our natural instincts and adopt a mind-set of savoring all the wonder, mystery, beauty, pain, promise, challenge, and purposefulness of our God-given days.”
Reenchanting Humanity is clear, consistent, compelling, comprehensive, and countercultural. These important attributes will likely make the book vulnerable to criticism and mark out the book as a target for detractors. But readers who maintain their allegiance to Scripture will appreciate Strachan’s approach, which is relentlessly biblical and faithful to the truth.
Quite frankly, I found Reenchangting Humanity enthralling. Strachan never backs away from controversy and he is unafraid of telling the truth about the condition of mankind. But the book concludes with a majestic crescendo as the author guides readers to the Lord Jesus Christ and the story of the second Adam: “Truly, he is the new humanity, and he is leading a new exodus to the new heavens and the new earth. He is the salvation and ontological restoration we so desperately need; his new covenant blood washes us clean, makes us new creations, and gives us new names.”
Reenchanting Humanity: A Theology of Mankind is not only highly recommended; it is one of the best books of 2019!
Enter Dr. Owen Strachan's Reenchanting Humanity. It is, as my headline suggests, a refreshing anthropology in its warm tone and readable nature. I would place it somewhere in the middle of popular and academic, with most of the language and references being accessible to the non-scholar, but with enough depth to challenge the learned reader to dig into the copious footnotes and wrestle with Strachan's interactions with these other noted scholars.
The strength of this book is not just its readability and tone, but more than that its focus upon man as the Imago Dei (a stimulating discourse in and of itself), the fall of man (the Imago Dei not lost or malformed), the reality of our culture in light of the fall (dealing with issues of race, sexuality, justice, etc.), and how all of this is transformed through the true human, the God-man, Jesus Christ, who has succeeded where Adam (and mankind) has failed and has become the substitute for them on the cross, and been raised again so that those who are in Him have the hope of not only being fully human, but truly human, as He is.
It is presented in a very legible format (in fact the font seems just a tad too big, in my humble opinion) and is beautifully bound.
For any who are wanting to read an exhilarating work on a Christian view of Anthropology, I would highly recommend Reenchanting Humanity.
So begins Owen Strachan in the introduction to "Reenchanting Humanity - A Theology of Mankind," setting the tone for a phenomenally well-written book that serves as a systematic theology (of sorts) on the topic of anthropology.
Strachan begins the book with a masterful treatment of the Imago Dei, followed by a treatise on sin. These two introductory chapters set the tone for the rest of the book as Strachan digs such topics as work, sexuality, race and ethnicity, technology, and contingency. Finally, Strachan ends with a magnificent chapter on Christ, the true and better Adam, concluding with a clear and compelling presentation of the gospel as the only solution for man's predicaments.
"Reenchanting Humanity" is timely and vital. Strachan directly engages with many of the most important (and contentious) issues of our present age. In doing so, he achieves a brilliant balance of unashamed biblical truth with pastoral love and care. He writes with extreme theological precision while still maintain a broad accessibility that will make this book one that you'll recommend widely and often. With this book, Strachan has cemented his place as one of the most important public theologians of our era.
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