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We expect evil to appear in obvious forms: malice, cruelty, and contempt. We also expect to find villains at the helm of evil movements and organizations, leaders with dark impulses and motivations. But all too often, malevolence is more subtle, hiding behind our own best intentions.
In The Church in Dark Times, cultural critic Mike Cosper unveils this dynamic in the growing crisis of abuse and other failures in modern evangelical churches. Drawing on the work of twentieth-century political theorist Hannah Arendt, Cosper explores what we can learn from her theory of the "banality of evil"--the thoughtlessness that allows ordinary people to become complicit in all manner of corruption. He uncovers the underlying causes of the breakdowns of the church and offers practices that foster healing and renewal.
This book will engage Christian leaders and all followers who want to better understand how church crises keep happening--and how we can resist them and move forward.
Contents
Contents
Introduction
Author's Note: Dark Times and Godwin's Law
Part 1: Understanding Dark Times
1. Exchanging the Truth for a Lie
2. The Birth of Ideology and the Comprehensible World
3. Ideology, the Fall, and the Limits of Our Knowing
4. Authority, Violence, and the Erosion of Meaning
5. Discovering the Banality of Evil
Part 2: Resisting Dark Times
6. Eugene Peterson, Charlie Brown, and Resistance in Dark Times
7. Solitude and Thinking
8. Storytelling and Culture Making
9. Worship, or Light in Dark Times
Afterword
