{"product_id":"to-change-the-world-james-davison-hunter-9780199730803","title":"To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World","description":"The call to make the world a better place is inherent in the Christian belief and practice. But why have efforts to change the world by Christians so often failed or gone tragically awry? And how might Christians in the 21st century live in ways that have integrity with their traditions and are more truly transformative? In \u003cem\u003eTo Change the World, \u003c\/em\u003e James Davison Hunter offers persuasive--and provocative--answers to these questions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hunter begins with a penetrating appraisal of the most popular models of world-changing among Christians today, highlighting the ways they are inherently flawed and therefore incapable of generating the change to which they aspire. Because change implies power, all Christian eventually embrace strategies of political engagement. Hunter offers a trenchant critique of the political theologies of the Christian Right and Left and the Neo-Anabaptists, taking on many respected leaders, from Charles Colson to Jim Wallis and Stanley Hauerwas. Hunter argues that all too often these political theologies worsen the very problems they are designed to solve. What is really needed is a different paradigm of Christian engagement with the world, one that Hunter calls \"faithful presence\"--an ideal of Christian practice that is not only individual but institutional; a model that plays out not only in all relationships but in our work and all spheres of social life. He offers real-life examples, large and small, of what can be accomplished through the practice of \"faithful presence.\" Such practices will be more fruitful, Hunter argues, more exemplary, and more deeply transfiguring than any more overtly ambitious attempts can ever be. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written with keen insight, deep faith, and profound historical grasp, \u003cem\u003eTo Change the World\u003c\/em\u003e will forever change the way Christians view and talk about their role in the modern world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Davison Hunter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199730806\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199730803\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Christianity Today Book Award - Award of Merit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/08\/2010 pg. 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooks \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2010 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2010 pg. 33\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/07\/2010 pg. 45\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2010","brand":"James Davison Hunter","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44056649761023,"sku":"9780199730803","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8762bbe9-272a-40f8-9a02-9c335d784422.jpg?v=1685042497","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/to-change-the-world-james-davison-hunter-9780199730803","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}