Cease Fire: Searching for Sanity in America's Culture Wars - Softcover

Sine, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802843344 ISBN 13: 9780802843340

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans-Lightning Source, 1997

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About the Author:

Tom Sine (Ph.D., University of Washington) is a futurologist who consults with Christian organizations around the world. He has taught at Fuller Theological Seminary and the University of Washington. His previous books include "Wild Hope, The Mustard Seed Conspiracy, " and "Cease Fire."

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Evangelical Christian Sine contrasts his understanding of Christian activism not only with that of the left, but especially with that of the religious right. The problem for Christians with the left, he says, is that it construes all issues as matters of political power; moreover, its severe materialist bias leads it to deny the role of spirituality in public affairs. But Christians should have even greater reservations about the religious right on account of its nationalism and fearfulness, which stem, Sine says, from a fascination with prophecies of the "end time," such as Lindsey's Late, Great Planet Earth, and a consequent fatalism that induces spiritual smugness and, paradoxically, materialism. Recalling that Jesus came to uplift the oppressed and feed the hungry, Sine, citing several current examples of Christian community and social ministry, posits a third, biblically based way for Christians to help build the peaceable kingdom of God. Although he overlooks traditional conservatives' moral criticism of big government, Sine, writing with crystal clarity, contributes a book anyone concerned about the culture wars could profit from reading. Ray Olson

About this edition

• Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans-Lightning Source
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0802843344
• ISBN 13: 9780802843340
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 312