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As religious believers feel themselves more threatened by the modern world, they increasingly often turn to fundamentalism. The fundamentalist argues that attempts to engage with contemporary culture will only end in the watering down of the Christian message to suit the passing whims of the age. In Fidelity without Fundamentalism Gerard J. Hughes shows that in fact being a truly faithful Christian involves avoiding fundamentalism; to be faithful just is to express our faith in a way that respects contemporary knowledge. Conventional presentations of Christianity often require thoughtful believers to sweep under the rug a whole host of issues which it is thought they should be protected from for fear they might undermine their faith. The longer term effect of this, consciously or unconsciously, is to corrode their Christian commitment. This brilliant, accessible and timely book shows the inquisitive Christian how to reconcile their everyday contemporary world view with what is truly essential to Christianity.
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Gerard J Hughes taught philosophy for almost 30 years at Heythrop College, in the University of London, and has recently completed his term of office as Master of Campion Hall, Oxford. He is also the author of Authority in Morals (Sheed & Ward, 1978) The Nature of God (Routledge 1995), Aristotle on Ethics (Routledge 2001) and Is God to Blame? (Veritas, 2007).
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- PublisherDarton,Longman & Todd Ltd
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 0232528004
- ISBN 13 9780232528008
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages176
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