Evangelism in an Age of Despair : Hope beyond the Failed Promise of Happiness

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Evangelism in an Age of Despair : Hope beyond the Failed Promise of Happiness

Root, Andrew

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Baker Academic, Div of Baker Publishing Group（2025/04発売）
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製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 304 p.
言語 ENG
商品コード 9781540968715
DDC分類 269.2

Full Description

"Evangelism" is a contested, even conflicted word. But churches are declining in numbers and resources. What if we aren't thinking about evangelism in the right way, culturally or theologically? This book contextualizes evangelism in our late modern times and reimagines what the call to outreach means in today's world.

Our sad times are made sadder by the realization that our all-out pursuit of happiness has made us stressed, anxious, lonely, and depressed, says leading practical theologian Andrew Root. The French thinker Michel de Montaigne taught us to focus on making ourselves happy, but Blaise Pascal pointed out that we are creatures of soul as much as self--so happiness does not satisfy. Root offers a vision for how a theology of consolation can shape a hopeful approach to evangelism. We all need consolation, others to care for us in our sadness; if we can find such a minister and lean into our sorrow, we will find the presence of Jesus Christ.

Root uses a fictional church to show rather than tell us how consolation evangelism works. For support he looks to the ministries of Gregory of Nyssa and his sister Macrina, Jean Gerson, Johann von Staupitz, and Martin Luther, who all contend that consolation is central to our transformation into the life of God.

Read before Using (Don't Skip!)
1. Get 'Em Healthy, Get 'Em Happy
The Surprising Openness to Evangelism
2. Sad Times and a Sad (Pathetic) Church
Is Evangelism's Task to Keep the Church Alive?
3. The Architecture of Our Sad Times
Meeting the Positive Genealogists
4. Why All the Happiness Is Making Us Miserable
Montaigne, Dead French Kings, and Immanent Contentment
5. "Not Okay"--Our Sad Times of Stress
The Forgetting of Soul
6. The Math Savant and the Fire
Pascal and the Promise of Our Sad Souls
7. Sisters as Pastors
Leaning into Sorrow and the Promises of Consolation
8. Goodbyes That Save
Great Sorrow and Consolation Evangelism
9. When Temptation Is Good
And God Is Full of Sorrow
Epilogue
Index