URL: http://ttpstudents.com/papers/ets/2005/Carter/Carter.html

Summary:
by Craig A. Carter
2005

In this paper, I want to argue that H. Richard Niebuhr's classic work entitled: Christ and Culture has led Evangelicals to compromise the Gospel in an attempt to have an ethical influence on the wider culture. I will both critique Niebuhr's book and also provide an alternative way of looking at the same data from a post-Christendom perspective. I also want to make a few comments on what the acceptance of my analysis of Niebuhr's influence on Evangelicalism would mean for Evangelical social ethics, missions and evangelism. I look forward to feedback and dialogue. Concisely stated, my thesis has four main points as follows..

Category: Contemporary Theology

Tags: Christ, Culture, Christendom