02337ctm a22003737a 4500 16821033 20250312110441.0 ta 160701s2011 oru b 001 0 eng d 2011282202 9781610971843 (pbk) (OCoLC)ocn723451118 YDXCP YDXCP DTM DLC lccopycat BR500.A1 K48 2011 Kettle, David J. Western culture in gospel context : [manuscript] : towards the conversion of the West : theological bearings for mission and spirituality / David J. Kettle. Eugene, Or. : Cascade Books, c2011. xvi, 380 p. ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-375) and index. 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. Christianity Western countries. Conversion Western countries. Christianity and culture Western countries. Missions Western countries. Civilization, Western. Church and the world. 7 cbc copycat 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg acquire 2 shelf copies policy default BK 8 5568 5568 0 0 ddc 0 0 EGSTL EGSTL CIRC 2025-03-09 0 261 Ket 2011 15526 2025-03-09 15:56:32 2025-03-09 BK