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Priests of History : Stewarding the Past in an Ahistoric Age

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Outline : How can Christians engage meaningfully with history? We live in an Ahistoric Age. Much of contemporary Western culture has embraced the idea that life is about self-invention and self-fulfilment and that the past has nothing to teach us. In the attempt to appear relevant, the church often embraces this ahistoric worldview by jettisoning the historic ideas and practices of Christian formation. But this has left Christians unmoored from history and unable to grapple with its ethical complexities. In Priests of History, Sarah Irving-Stonebraker draws upon her expertise, and her experience as an atheist who has become a Christian, to examine what history is and why it matters. If Christians can learn how to be "priests of history," tending and keeping our past, history can help us strengthen and revive our spiritual and intellectual formation and equip us to communicate the gospel in a confused and rootless world.
In what she calls the "Ahistoric Age," Sarah Irving-Stonebraker identifies five indicators that contemporary Western culture has become profoundly disconnected from the past:
1. We believe the past is merely a source of shame and oppression from which we must free ourselves.
2. We no longer think of ourselves as part of historical communities.
3. We are increasingly ignorant of history.
4. We do not believe history has a narrative or a purpose.
5. We are unable to reason well and disagree peaceably about the ethical complexities of the past.
But history is a tremendous gift that has much to offer us. In Priests of History, Irving-Stonebraker shows readers how to tend the past, recovering overlooked stories that are lost to us if we refuse to engage critically with history. Then she explores how Christians can keep the past, preserving a rich conversation that can help us address the most pressing a rich conversation that can help us address the most pressing issues and cultural divisions of our day.

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Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

261.5 St725p

Penerbit

Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA : Zondervan Reflective., 2024

Deskripsi Fisik

225 hal

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

978-0-310-16090-8

Klasifikasi

261.5

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Tipe Pembawa

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Edisi

First Edition

Subjek

Christianity and culture
Church history
Religion / Christian Living / Spiritual Growth
Religion/Christianity/History

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