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Conservative Protestants are mentioned repeatedly in the ongoing
conversation about social capital, individualism, and community in
the United States. As John Wilson notes in his introduction,
evangelicals are frequently discussed either as a threat to civil
society or as apparent counterexamples to the prevailing view of
American society's fragmentation. The essays in this volume take
another look at the role of evangelicals in American civic life.
The prominent contributors examine evangelicals' beliefs and
activity on topics ranging from bioethics to race relations and
welfare reform to international human rights. Taken together, the
essays show that, contrary to what critics have proclaimed, the
social commitment of evangelicals extends considerably beyond
family-related issues, and that their activity in the public sphere
makes an essential contribution to the public good. Clearly written
and persuasively argued, A Public Faith: Evangelicals and Civic
Engagement is a powerful correction to the misconceptions about
evangelicals that abound in the current civil-society debate.
Co-published with the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
Sherman argues that Latin America's Protestant revival is likely to help the prospects for the region's economic growth and democratic development. Focusing on Guatemala's rural poor, she explains how conversion from animism to a Biblically orthodox world-view has improved the domestic welfare and economic status of many families.
God calls Christians to participate in his redemptive mission in
every sphere of life. Every corner, every square inch of society
can flourish as God intends, and Christians of any vocation can
become agents of that flourishing. Amy Sherman offers a
multifaceted, biblically grounded framework for enacting God's call
to seek the shalom of our communities in six arenas of
civilizational life (The Good, The True, The Beautiful, The Just,
The Prosperous, and The Sustainable). Because we believe in what is
good and true, we strengthen social ethics and contribute to human
knowledge and learning. Because we value beauty, we invest in
creative arts. Because we are committed to a just society, we work
toward restorative justice and a well-ordered civic life. And our
desire to see society prosper sustainably means that our business
practices seek the economic good of the community while protecting
the physical health of our environment. This comprehensive volume
showcases historical and contemporary models of faithful and
transformational cultural engagement, with case studies of all
kinds of churches advancing human flourishing. It provides a
roadmap for leaders wanting to participate in Christ's mission of
holistic renewal. Discover how being God's agents of flourishing
can change our communities for the better and offer a winsome
witness to a watching world.
Dramatic political, economic, and sociocultural changes are taking
place in Latin America, opening up promising possibilities for
improving the lives of the poor in that region. This book assesses
current trends and argues that a market-friendly development model
is the most legitimate, desirable, and feasible strategy for
attaining a Biblically informed conception of "holistic"
development.
2013 Christianity Today Book Award winner Imagine the scenarios: a
CEO successfully negotiates a corporate merger, avoiding hundreds
of layoffs in the process an artist completes a mosaic for public
display at a bank, showcasing neighborhood heroes a contractor
creates a work-release program in cooperation with a local prison,
growing the business and seeing countless former inmates turn their
lives around a high-school principal graduates 20 percent more
students than the previous year, and the school's average scores go
up by a similar percentage Now imagine a parade in the streets for
each event. That's the vision of Proverbs 11:10, in which the
tsaddiqim--the people who see everything they have as gifts from
God to be stewarded for his purposes--pursue their vocation with an
eye to the greater good. Amy Sherman, director of the Center on
Faith in Communities and scholar of vocational stewardship, uses
the tsaddiqim as a springboard to explore how, through our
faith-formed calling, we announce the kingdom of God to our
everyday world. But cultural trends toward privatism and
materialism threaten to dis-integrate our faith and our work. And
the church, in ways large and small, has itself capitulated to
those trends, while simultaneously elevating the "special calling"
of professional ministry and neglecting the vocational formation of
laypeople. In the process, we have, in ways large and small,
subverted our kingdom mandate. God is on the move, and he calls
each of us, from our various halls of power and privilege, to
follow him. Here is your chance, keeping this kingdom calling in
view, to steward your faith and work toward righteousness. In so
doing, you will bless the world, and as you flourish, the world
will celebrate.
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