James Davison Hunter
Autor/a de To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World
Sobre l'autor
James Davison Hunter is William R. Kenan Professor of Sociology and Religious Studies at the University of Virginia. He currently serves as the director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture.
Sèrie
Obres de James Davison Hunter
To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World (2010) 645 exemplars
Culture Wars: The Struggle To Control The Family, Art, Education, Law, And Politics In America (1991) 298 exemplars
Science and the Good: The Tragic Quest for the Foundations of Morality (Foundational Questions in Science) (2018) 61 exemplars
Cultural Analysis: The Work of Peter L. Berger, Mary Douglas, Michel Foucault and Jurgen Habermas (1984) — Autor — 50 exemplars
Articles of Faith, Articles of Peace: The Religious Liberty Clauses and the American Public Philosophy (1990) — Editor — 23 exemplars
The Content of Their Character: Inquiries into the Varieties of Moral Formation (2017) — Editor — 12 exemplars
Making Sense of Modern Times: Peter L.Berger and the Vision of Interpretive Sociology (1986) — Editor — 8 exemplars
Fear Itself — Editor — 4 exemplars
The Fate of the Arts — Editor — 4 exemplars
Identity — Editor — 4 exemplars
Pragmatism: What’s the Use? — Editor — 3 exemplars
Imagining the Future 2 exemplars
Evil — Editor — 2 exemplars
Meditations On Exile and Home — Editor — 2 exemplars
The Weapons of War 2 exemplars
The Politics of Character 2 exemplars
Politics and the Media — Editor — 1 exemplars
Human Dignity and Justice — Editor — 1 exemplars
Weak Ontologies — Editor — 1 exemplars
Intellectuals and Public Responsibility — Editor — 1 exemplars
Obres associades
Between Relativism and Fundamentalism: Religious Resources for a Middle Position (2009) — Col·laborador — 27 exemplars
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- Nom oficial
- Hunter, James Davison
- Data de naixement
- 1955-05-18
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Educació
- Rutgers University (PhD | Sociology)
Rutgers University (MA | Sociology)
Gordon College (BA | Sociology) - Professions
- professor
- Premis i honors
- Richard M. Weaver Award (2005)
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Good critique of typical Evangelical theories of culture. Weak on critique of "Neo-Anabaptists". Proposal was quite disappointing.
I have a habit of trying to finish almost any book that I start reading, especially, books that are favorably reviewed. This habit, more or less, forced me to slog through this very tedious tome.
It's not that I didn't, by and large, agree with the premise of the book, it's just that I think the author is riding a hobby horse and couldn't get off. My best summation would be "DUH"! The author is saying many very important, but obvious things, over and over and over and over again. Did I mention "shalom" and "faithful presence" because the author uses these catch words over and over and over and over again, apparently thinking that these key words, and saying them often, will be saying anything more powerful than what has been said by Christians for the last two thousand years.
Micah 6:8 says "He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD requires of you, but to do justice, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?" This Old Testament reading pretty much sums up the entire book and I suggest, instead of spending time reading this repetitive book, that you find some tangible way, in your own community, of living this out.… (més)
It's not that I didn't, by and large, agree with the premise of the book, it's just that I think the author is riding a hobby horse and couldn't get off. My best summation would be "DUH"! The author is saying many very important, but obvious things, over and over and over and over again. Did I mention "shalom" and "faithful presence" because the author uses these catch words over and over and over and over again, apparently thinking that these key words, and saying them often, will be saying anything more powerful than what has been said by Christians for the last two thousand years.
Micah 6:8 says "He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD requires of you, but to do justice, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?" This Old Testament reading pretty much sums up the entire book and I suggest, instead of spending time reading this repetitive book, that you find some tangible way, in your own community, of living this out.… (més)
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 46
- També de
- 1
- Membres
- 1,660
- Popularitat
- #15,486
- Valoració
- 3.8
- Ressenyes
- 16
- ISBN
- 37
- Llengües
- 1
Ultimately his main point is that attempting to change culture from the top down--from a position of power, is not an effective way. Has never really been an effective way. Then he lays out how it has been done in the past and, at a high level, how it can be done today.
He has no trouble with Christians being involved in politics, they just need to understand that's not the best way to change the world.
Highly Highly Recommended.… (més)