To Stake a Claim
Mission and the Western Crisis of Knowledge
- Evangelism & Missions
- Philosophy
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Published: 2021
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Publisher's Description
An original international collaboration, To Stake a Claim researches the relationship between what counted for "knowledge" in the West, how this knowledge has changed over the years, and how those changes related to the mission of the church as an evangelizer within Western culture. Examining four key areas of study, To Stake a Claim evaluates the dominant positions in contemporary philosophy regarding truth, rationality, and pluralism. It first analyzes consequences for humanity that holding these positions implies. Next, it looks at faith, religion, and revelation in the context of the dominant positions of contemporary philosophy discussed in the first part. The third part explores the dominant positions of contemporary theology. Finally, it summarizes the epistemological problems involved in the process of communicating the gospel within Western culture and evaluates the theological and missiological views of this communication.
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“This is groundbreaking work that for the first time establishes a dialogue between philosophers and missiologists. Epistemology has been central to modern philosophy, while truth has been fundamental to the Christian mission. While postmodern epistemology is challenging modern philosophy, the theology of the Christian mission is also being renegotiated. To Stake a Claim creatively illuminates the intellectual and cultural issues involved for both philosophy and missiology.”
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