02257cam a2200337 a 4500 15677015 20250312110221.0 150206s2009 miu b 001 0 eng 2009013061 9781587432262 (paperback) (OCoLC)ocn311752331 n-us--- BV4509.5 .M2563 2009 248.40973 22 Malesic, Jonathan, 1975- Secret faith in the public square : an argument for the concealment of Christian identity / Jonathan Malesic. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Brazos Press, c2009. 248 p. ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction: Secrecy and Christian faith in contemporary America -- Promoting secrecy in a Christian empire : Cyril of Jerusalem's discipline of the secret -- Liturgical secrecy as Cyril's defense against opportunism and imperial authority -- The secret of faith in Kierkegaard's Works of love -- How Kierkegaard's secret agape subverts bourgeois culture -- Bonhoeffer's Arkandisziplin : Christian confession in a world come of age -- The limits of Arkandisziplin and of the secular -- The secret-keeping self and Christian responsibility for the other -- The church as a community of hidden disciples -- Secret faith's fulfillment of the church's mission in America : an engagement with Hauerwas -- Epilogue: The challenge of ambiguous religious identity in Wise blood and The moviegoer. Identification (Religion) Christian life United States. Identification (Religion) History of doctrines. Secrecy Religious aspects Christianity History of doctrines. United States Religious life and customs. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg acquire 2 shelf copies policy default BK rc07 2009-03-31; to shelflisting 2009-04-01 rc10 2009-04-01 to Dewey re13 2009-10-21 Z-CipVer Copy 1 barcode 00240114033 to BCCD xg22 2010-02-25 copy 2 added 8 1093 1093 0 0 0 0 EGSTL EGSTL CIRC 2025-03-09 0 248.4097 Mal 2009 11223 2025-06-30 00:00:00 2025-03-09 BK