{"product_id":"a-peculiar-people-the-church-as-culture-in-a-post-christian-society-paperback-1","title":"A Peculiar People: The Church as Culture in a Post-Christian Society - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRodney R. Clapp\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eVoted one of \u003ci\u003eChristianity Today's\u003c\/i\u003e 1997 Books of the Year\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristians feel increasingly useless, argues Rodney Clapp, not because we have nothing to offer a post-Christian society, but because we are trying to serve as \"sponsoring chaplains\" to a civilization that no longer sees Christianity as necessary to its existence. In our individualistic, technologically oriented, consumer-based culture, Christianity has become largely irrelevant. The solution is not to sentimentally capitulate to the way things are. Nor is it to retrench in an effort to regain power and influence as the sponsor of Western civilization. What is needed is for Christians to reclaim our heritage as a peculiar people, as unapologetic followers of the Way. Within the larger pluralistic world, we need to become a sanctified, subversive culture that develops Christian community as a truly alternative way of life. Christians must learn to live the story and not just to restate it. Writing inclusively with considerable verve, Clapp offers a keen analysis of the church and its ministry as we face a new millennium.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil spring 1999, Clapp was senior editor for academic and general books at InterVarsity Press. He was formerly an associate editor for \u003ci\u003eChristianity Today, \u003c\/i\u003e and he has served on the editorial boards of \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Family Ministry\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMarriage Partnership.\u003c\/i\u003e His essays have appeared in a variety of publications, including \u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRegeneration Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBooks and Culture.\u003c\/i\u003e Clapp is now an editor with Brazos Press, a new imprint of Baker Book House.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 251\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 8.24 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 12, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Christianity Today Book Award (1997)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45868592136389,"sku":"9780830819904","price":44.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/Sj7TPKca879780830819904.webp?v=1781389901","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/a-peculiar-people-the-church-as-culture-in-a-post-christian-society-paperback-1","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}