Kettle, David J. <br/><br/>
Western culture in gospel context :  towards the conversion of the West : theological bearings for mission and spirituality /  [manuscript] : 
David J. Kettle. 
 - Eugene, Or. :  Cascade Books,  c2011. 
 - xvi, 380 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-375) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: [Can the West be converted?] -- pt. 1. Knowing the gospel : bearings for human knowledge and enquiry -- pt. 2. Spreading the gospel : ten conversions towards the christianization of Western culture. Secular and sacred in contermporary understanding : conversion to creation and new creation by God -- The trajectory of Western culture, individualism, and totalitarianism : conversion to community under God -- The modern betrayal of enquiry : conversion to attentiveness toward God -- Contemporary demonization and polrization : conversion to divine bearings -- The needy consumer : conversion to the abundance of God -- The tragic sense of life : conversion to the gospel of hope -- Personal fulfillment and contemporary spirituality : conversion to eternal life -- The ideologuy of rights, and political correctness : conversion to God-given dignity -- Neoliberal capitalist ideology : conversion to the "commonweal" of God -- Public facts and private values : conversion to the sovereignty of God -- Concluding remarks on the mission. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781610971843 (pbk) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011282202 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Christianity--Western countries.<br/>Conversion--Western countries.<br/>Christianity and culture--Western countries.<br/>Missions--Western countries.<br/>Civilization, Western.<br/>Church and the world.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BR500.A1  / K48 2011