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100	1		_aWatkin, Christopher, _eauthor _9282300
245	1	0	_aBiblical critical theory : _bhow the Bible's unfolding story makes sense of modern life and culture / _cChristopher Watkin
263			_a2211
264		1	_aGrand Rapids : _bZondervan Academic, _c[2022]
264		4	_c©2022
300			_axxiv, 648 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (607-635 pages) and index
520			_aA bold vision for Christians who want to engage the world in a way that is biblically faithful and culturally sensitive. In Biblical Critical Theory, Christopher Watkin shows how the Bible and its unfolding story help us make sense of modern life and culture. Critical theories exist to critique what we think we know about reality and the social, political, and cultural structures in which we live. In doing so, they make visible the values and beliefs of a culture in order to scrutinize and change them. Biblical Critical Theory exposes and evaluates the often-hidden assumptions and concepts that shape late-modern society, examining them through the lens of the biblical story running from Genesis to Revelation, and asking urgent questions like: How does the Bible's storyline help us understand our society, our culture, and ourselves? How do specific doctrines help us engage thoughtfully in the philosophical, political, and social questions of our day? How can we analyze and critique culture and its alternative critical theories through Scripture? Informed by the biblical-theological structure of Saint Augustine's magisterial work The City of God (and with extensive diagrams and practical tools), Biblical Critical Theory shows how the patterns of the Bible's storyline can provide incisive, fresh, and nuanced ways of intervening in today's debates on everything from science, the arts, and politics to dignity, multiculturalism, and equality. You'll learn the moves to make and the tools to use in analyzing and engaging with all sorts of cultural artifacts and events in a way that is both biblically faithful and culturally relevant. It is not enough for Christians to explain the Bible to the culture or cultures in which we live. We must also explain the culture in which we live within the framework and categories of the Bible, revealing how the whole of the Bible sheds light on the whole of life. If Christians want to speak with a fresh, engaging, and dynamic voice in the marketplace of ideas today, we need to mine the unique treasures of the distinctive biblical storyline
650		0	_aChristianity and culture _9282301
650		0	_aBiblical theology _92753
650		0	_aBible - Evidences, authority, etc _9282302
650		0	_aBible - Introductions _9282303
650		0	_aApologetics _949
650		0	_aTheology _9282304
700	1		_aKeller, Timothy, _d1950- _eauthor of foreword _9276822
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aWatkin, Christopher, 1978- _tBiblical critical theory _dGrand Rapids : Zondervan, 2022 _z9780310128731 _w(DLC) 2022021300
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