Description
Many Christians find that today's increasingly secular world is not in line with their beliefs. And rather than turn away from society, they are faced with the options of trying to impose their beliefs on others or suppressing their faith. Either option provokes a stream of difficult questions about what it means to be a good Christian, and how a Christian life should be led. In Why You're Here John Stackhouse proposes another path for these people, one that might reconcile Christian beliefs with a world that is often perceived as being openly hostile to those beliefs. Moreover, Stackhouse offers a pragmatic theology that promotes effective action for the challenges of real life. This compact volume offers an accessible, concrete program for faithful Christian living in today's world. Written in engaging and lucid prose, Stackhouse speaks directly to these everyday Christians who are searching for straightforward advice on some of their most complex quandaries about the challenges inherent in staying true to the Bible's teachings. Why You're Here is a thoroughly readable and resolutely practical book designed to help people understand who they are in the sight of God, and therefore what they are to do according to God's calling on their lives here and now.
About the Author
John G. Stackhouse, Jr. is Samuel J. Mikolaski Professor of Religious Studies and Dean of Faculty Development at Crandall University.
Reviews
...most readers, like this reviewer, will become fans of Professor Stackhouse and will choose to read his "more academic "texts, to savor the practical, compact,catchy ripostes scattered throughout his writing. To summarize tersely what Stackhouse's readily readable book on Christian ethics is about: "The scope of God's call on our lives" concerns "Everything. Everywhere. Everyone. Everymoment" (p. 129), and that's "why you'rehere" (p. 288). * Mark Porto, Biblical Theology Bulletin *
John Stackhouse is one of North America's most significant evangelical theologians. An erudite, witty, and ambitious scholar who has written over a dozen books in a career spanning three decades, he should be better known on the U.S. side of the border...The book is chock-full of wise apothegms and keen observations. * David P. Gushee, Christian Century *
Book Information
ISBN 9780190636746
Author John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
Format Paperback
Page Count 328
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 358g
Dimensions(mm) 137mm * 206mm * 20mm
About the Author
John G. Stackhouse, Jr. is Samuel J. Mikolaski Professor of Religious Studies and Dean of Faculty Development at Crandall University.
Reviews
...most readers, like this reviewer, will become fans of Professor Stackhouse and will choose to read his "more academic "texts, to savor the practical, compact,catchy ripostes scattered throughout his writing. To summarize tersely what Stackhouse's readily readable book on Christian ethics is about: "The scope of God's call on our lives" concerns "Everything. Everywhere. Everyone. Everymoment" (p. 129), and that's "why you'rehere" (p. 288). * Mark Porto, Biblical Theology Bulletin *
John Stackhouse is one of North America's most significant evangelical theologians. An erudite, witty, and ambitious scholar who has written over a dozen books in a career spanning three decades, he should be better known on the U.S. side of the border...The book is chock-full of wise apothegms and keen observations. * David P. Gushee, Christian Century *
Book Information
ISBN 9780190636746
Author John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
Format Paperback
Page Count 328
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 358g
Dimensions(mm) 137mm * 206mm * 20mm
