Culture, Inculturation, and Theologians: A Postmodern Critique

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Culture, Inculturation, And Theologians: A Postmodern CritiqueISBN13:9780814654583ISBN10:0814654584Author:Arbuckle, Gerald A. (Author)Description:The Split Between The Gospel And Culture Is Without Doubt The Drama Of Our Time, Wrote Paul Vi In 1975 Since That Time There Has Been An Increasingly Urgent Awareness That Inculturation Is An Indispensable Task Of The Church But Inculturation, The Dialogue Between Church And Cultures, Demands First Of All That We Who Would Enter Into The Dialogue Understand What Culture Itself Means And What Dialogue Entails To That End, Cultural Anthropologist Father Gerald Arbuckle Gives Us This Important Volume He Traces The History Of The Development Of The Concept Of Culture, And The Too-Often Negative, Rarely Positive Effects Of Encounters Between Church And Culture He Explores How Jesus Christ Approached The Cultures Of His Time, And Outlines The Current Treatment Of Culture And Inculturation In Church Documents And In Catholic Theology He Shows That Modest Progress In Understanding Has Recently Staled, And There Are Even Forces Working To Turn That Progress Into Regress He Concludes With A Description Of Inculturation As It Needs To Happen 'And A Sharp Critique Of Those Who Resist With A Sense Of Prophetic Hope, Arbuckle Seeks To Help Us Bridge The Lamentable Split Between Gospel And Culture, The Drama That Continues To Unfold In Our Time Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:LITURGICAL PRPublication Date:2010-09-01Weight:0.61 lbsDimensions:0.62'' H x 8.95'' L x 6.36'' WNumber of Pages:224Language:English

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