What should be the Christian's attitude toward society? When so much of our contemporary culture is at odds with Christian beliefs and mores, it may seem that serious Christians now have only two choices: transform society completely according to Christian values or retreat into the cloister of sectarian fellowship. In Making the Best of It , John Stackhouse offers a more balanced and fruitful alternative to these extremes. He argues that, rather than trying to root up the weeds in the cultural field, or trying to shun ...
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What should be the Christian's attitude toward society? When so much of our contemporary culture is at odds with Christian beliefs and mores, it may seem that serious Christians now have only two choices: transform society completely according to Christian values or retreat into the cloister of sectarian fellowship. In Making the Best of It , John Stackhouse offers a more balanced and fruitful alternative to these extremes. He argues that, rather than trying to root up the weeds in the cultural field, or trying to shun them, Christians should practice persistence in gardening God's world and building toward the New Jerusalem.
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I was looking forward to reading this book as it promises a mediation between the two mainstream view of Christian ethics prominent today: withdrawal and uncritical involvement in the culture. Following H. Richard Niebuhr, Stackhouse prefers a Christ and Culture in paradox paradigm, using Bonhoeffer, C.S. Lewis and Reinhold Niebuhr as his main exemplars. But while Stackhouses summaries of their works were useful I'm not convinced that his proposals are that groundbreaking. The book was one of two-halves with the theologians through not really drawn on for the constructive part. That said there are some sharp points of critique of Hauerwas and others that glisten occasionally throughout the text.
