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020			_a9780195079579
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050	0	4	_aBR526
050	0	4	_aBR526.W973.C475 1993
100	1		_aWuthnow, Robert, _e1
245	1	0	_aChristianity in the twenty-first century : _breflections on the challenges ahead / _cRobert Wuthnow. _hPR
260			_aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c(c)1993.
300			_aviii, 251 pages ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_a1 (pages 237-243) and index.
505	0	0	_aIntroduction : the future in the present -- _tI. Institutional challenges : community, identity, and the role of the church. Church and culture -- _tCan the church sustain community? -- _tA place for the Christian -- _tII. Ethical challenges : role models, stories, and learning how to care. Stories to live by -- _tThe saints in our world -- _tEthical ambivalence -- _tIII. Doctrinal challenges : pluralism, polarity, and the character of belief. Religious orientations -- _tThe future of fundamentalism -- _tFundamentalism and its discontents -- _tIV. Political challenges : Christianity and conflict in the public realm. Faith and public affairs -- _tThe future of the religious right -- _tReligion and symbolic politics -- _tV. Cultural challenges : the possibilities of faith for constructing personal lives. The quest for identity -- _tMaladies of the middle class -- _tLiving the question.
520	0		_aIn the year 2000 - and beyond - what will the church be like? What challenges will it face? Will the church be able to provide a strong sense of community? Will it be an ethical force in the lives of Americans? And what role will religion play in politics and in the marketplace? In Christianity in the 21st Century Robert Wuthnow reflects on these provocative questions as he seeks to identify changes that are taking place now in American society that churches must address.
520	0		_aif they are to remain vital in the future. He foresees five critical areas - institutional, ethical, doctrinal, political, and cultural - in which major challenges will arise, then meets the thorny issues head-on. How will churches' resource bases, their very identity, and their capacity to carry on their spiritual traditions be altered? Will they continue to function as sources of caring in a needy world? What impact will the resurgence of fundamentalism have, and how.
520	0		_awill moderate and liberal congregations react? How will the political activities of churches influence their capacity to be heard in the public arena, and what will the impact be of pluralism and the prevailing materialism of our society? Drawing on a wide range of first-hand observations and research, Wuthnow demonstrates that in each of these five areas people of faith have strong reasons to enter the next century with confidence in their religious institutions. But he.
520	0		_aalso highlights worrisome signs, and points to specific areas that need to be addressed to ensure the continuing vitality of Christianity in America - not least among these are the rampant individualism that erodes spiritual communities and the religious infighting that diminishes the Christian sense of unity. The onset of a new millennium affords a historic opportunity to take stock of the present situation and to plan for the future - in the years ahead, much.
520	0		_areflection is likely to occur about all our major institutions. Christianity in the 21st Century aims to contribute to those reflections by offering a sobering, realistic, and ultimately hopeful assessment of where the church is now, and where the church is headed.
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650		0	_aChristianity _zUnited States.
650		0	_aTwenty-first century _xForecasts.
653	0		_aChristianity
653	0		_aUnited States
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0640/92028689-d.html
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0726/92028689-b.html
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell