Peter Williamson

The Church in Crisis

Christianity faces a test that is unparalleled in history. Modern technological society and secular ways of thinking challenge the ability of Christians to maintain a distinct identity and way of life in a constantly changing world. Modernity confronts Christianity with the question of whether or not the Church will be able to successfully carry out its mission at the end of the twentieth century.

The challenges posed by modern society affect Protestants and Catholics alike. Christianity Confronts Modernity is an exam-ination of these issues by key Protestant and Catholic thinkers and pastoral leaders. In a discussion which respects confes-sional differences, the distinguished authors collaborate on a penetrating analysis of the nature of the social changes which are eroding Christian faith and morality and threatening the future of genuine Christian life and thought.

Essays include

Modern Approaches to Scriptural Authority

Christian Identity and Social Change in Technological Society

From a Secular to a Christian Psychology

Ideology Versus Theology: Case Studies of Liberation Theology and the Christian New Right

"The book as a whole may be aptly described as a kind of reconnaissance in force against the bulwarks of modernity. As an analysis it is stimulating and provocative. It will become a valuable contribution and may even mark a significant turning point

-Harold OJ Brown

Professor of Biblical and Systematic Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

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