Clashing Symbols: An Introduction to Faith and Culture

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Paulist Press, 2003 - 208 من الصفحات
Faith and Culture has become a field of crucial importance in recent years. Clashing Symbols breaks new ground in presenting a wide area of reflection on the relationship between faith and the powerful cultural contexts surrounding believers today. Michael Paul Gallagher introduces readers to the main insights, theories, and controversies being discussed by individuals and church bodies. Early chapters discuss the many meanings of culture, then specifically religious responses to culture, focusing on Vatican II and resolutions from the World Council of Churches. Themes concerning modernity and postmodernity are explored in detail, especially from a religious point of view. The final four chapters deal with more pastoral themes: the challenges of inculturation, discernment, youth ministry and the outlines of a spirituality for today's culture. Drawing on the work of some of the leading thinkers in the field, this clearly written work is a natural for specialists and academics. It will also be valuable for anyone who wishes to understand the increasing relevance of culture for theology and for religious commitment today. In addition, it will also help "ordinary" Christians to understand the realities and challenges of contemporary culture with wisdom, with confidence, and in the light of faith. +

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Clarifying the Concept
13
Four Theorists of Change
27
A Major Theme of Vatican II
41
Catholic Developments since 1965
49
The World Council of Churches A Different Approach
63
Incoming Tides of Modernity
75
Religious Responses to Modernity
86
The Postmodern Situation Friend or Foe?
98
Cultural Discernment
129
Cultural Consciousness in Faith Ministry
145
Towards a Spirituality of Culture
157
Roots and Horizons
169
Anthology of Quotations
173
Notes
177
Select Bibliography
191
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Debates about Inculturation
115

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