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, religi...

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.