Crossroad discourses between Christianity and culture / / edited by Jerald D. Gort, Henry Jansen, and Wessel Stoker.

• Author: Gort, Jerald D.
• TeilnehmendeR: Jansen, Henry.; Stoker, W.
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam ;, New York, NY : : Rodopi,, 2010.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Currents of Encounter 38.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (641 pages).
• Notes: "Festschrift in honor of Hendrik M. Vroom on the occasion of his 65th birthday"--Title page verso.

Christianity exists in relation to and interacts with its cultural environment in a number of ways. In this volume authors from a wide variety of backgrounds explore various facets of the relationship and interaction of Christianity with its cultural environment: politics, society, esthetics, religion and spirituality, and with itself. Divided into three main sections, Crossroad Discourses between Christianity and Culture looks at the interaction of Christianity with culture in the first section, with other religions and spiritualities in the second, and finally with itself in the third. The contributions engage in a critical examination of not only the culture in which Christianity finds itself but also in a critical examination of Christianity itself and its interaction with that culture. The editors hope that teachers, students, and readers in general will profit greatly from the critical articles contained in this book.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introductory Essay: Theology of Culture, Secularity, and Plurality / Wessel Stoker -- The Background and Nature of the Deep Changes in the Religious Realities in Modern Europe / André Droogers -- The Concept of Culture in Abraham Kuyper, Herman Bavinck, and Karl Barth / Cornelis van der Kooi -- The Role of Faith in Science and in Religion / Keith Ward -- Christian Faith and Reason: A Hermeneutical Approach / Edwin Koster -- Amor Mundi in a (Post)Liberal Era: The Relevance of an Arendtian Theme for Christian Self-Understanding Today / Ronald A. Kuipers -- Equality, Difference, and Justice / Ton van Prooijen -- Business Ethics and Intrinsic Motivation in a Pluralist World / Connie Aarsbergen -- Renewal of Civilization: Toward Justice and Peace / Henk E.S. Woldring -- Populism: A Blessing in Disguise for Democracy? / Govert J. Buijs -- Poverty, Oppression, and Christian Faith / Jerald D. Gort -- The Public Role of Churches in Present Democratic South Africa / Etienne de Villiers -- Imagination and Art in the Christian Faith: On Imagination and Art in the Church / Desiree Berendsen -- Language, Literature, and Transcendence: The Contribution of F.R. Leavis / Henry Jansen -- Readiness and Timing: The Early Modern Virtues of Hamlet’s Providential Christianity / Lourens Minnema -- Indigenous Spirituality and Sustainable Development: A Critical Appraisal of African Renaissance Rhetoric / Frans Wijsen -- African Philosophy, Contextualisation, Multiculturalism / W.L. van der Merwe -- Untouchables, Christians, and Hindus: How the Sacred World Order is Preserved and Renounced / Victor van Bijlert -- Contemporary Christian-Hindu Relations in Britain and the Netherlands / Jan Peter Schouten -- Superseded, Obstructive, or Crucial?: Christian Views of Judaism and its Sacred Texts / Alberdina Houtman -- Recent Developments in Christian-Jewish Dialogue / Simon Schoon -- Sympathy and Empathy: The Compassionate Bodhisattva and the Love of Christ / John D’Arcy May -- Christian and Buddhist Spiritualities: Their Differences and Complementarities / Christa Anbeek -- Present-Day Europe and Islam in Encounter: Emerging European Islam and its Dialogue Partners / Gé Speelman -- The Council of Churches in the Netherlands and its Encounter with Islam / Alle G. Hoekema -- Proximity and Distance China and the Christian West: An Essay in Intercultural Philosophy / Sander Griffioen -- Christian Views of the New Religiosities of the Western World / Reender Kranenborg -- Recent Ecclesiological Developments in the World Council of Churches: Continuity or Discontinuity? / Conrad J. Wethmar -- Conversion in the Ecumenical Debate: Great Joy or Great Discomfort? / Jan van Butselaar -- Confessio and Traditio: A Reformed Approach in Dialogue with the Lutheran Tradition / Michael Weinrich -- Christianity and Culture: WARC at the Millennium / George Newlands -- Intercultural Theology as the Integration of Ecumenism and Missiology: The Example of Current Latin American Christology / Martien E. Brinkman -- God Has No Favourites: Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue The Unity of God’s Creation / Anton Houtepen -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Names -- Contributors.