Mike Frost's UK tour 3-11 October 2008
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Mike Frost is a missional church leader from Australia well
known around the world as an inspiring and provocative speaker
on how to face the challenge of our times. In October, he'll
be visiting the UK. Read
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Facing the Challenge: More resources for Session 2 - Understanding
the challenge
Web articles:
Web sites can appear, disappear, and change their addresses - specially on
less well-established sites. If you cannot find the article you want, try looking
for the title of the article using a search engine, e.g. Google.com.
Douglas
Ruskhoff's book "Children of Chaos"
is a stimulating analysis of current media developments, reviewed
here.
The
Matrix
One
of the key elements in the challenge of our times is the influence
of the mass media - and one
of the ways the mass media influence us is by blurring the difference
between reality and fantasy. A recent film that takes up this
theme is the sci-fi blockbuster 'The Matrix'
For more on consumerism,
see the review of the 25th June 2000 episode of
SOUL OF BRITAIN, written and presented by Michael Buerk
Right
and Wrong as a lifestyle choice: A key resource for understanding
our moral values, and how they are changing, is the 'Mapping
Britain's Moral Values' survey carried out for Nestle Family
Monitor. For
more on contemporary attitudes to moral questions, see the review
of the 18th June 2000 episode of SOUL OF BRITAIN
For more on re-inventing
yourself, see the in-depth feature article on Madonna,
by Jock McGregor, exploring how the pop idol is an icon of contemporary
culture.
For more on tribalism
and tolerance, see the review of the 9th
July 2000 episode of SOUL OF BRITAIN
For
more on contemporary attitudes to beliefs, see
the review of the 4th June 2000 episode of
SOUL OF BRITAIN
For more on 'pick
and mix' spirituality, see the review of the 16th
July 2000 episode of SOUL OF BRITAIN
Books:
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Meltdown:
making sense of a culture in crisis
by Marcus Honeysett, foreword by D A Carson
Highly recommended
The first half of this book looks at five 'case studies'. Each
takes the example of a particular person facing a specific challenge
to their faith from some aspect of postmodern theory. The second
half looks more generally at how followers of Christ should respond
to postmodern culture. The first half is particularly important
if you are a student (or about to become a student) - especially
any kind of humanities student, or if you have offspring who are
students, or if you are concerned in any way with outreach to
students. Students will be confronted with these contemporary
theories, whether or not they are aware of them. The second half
will probably appeal more widely to church members who do not
consider themselves 'academic.' Having said that,any follower
of Christ who is concerned with 'making sense of a culture in
crisis' will benefit hugely from reading this book.
Go here
to read more
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from the UK
(not yet available in USA)
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highly recommended
Dennis McCallum (Ed), Bethany House 1996
Subtitled 'What's wrong with Multiculturalism, the rejection of
Reason and the new Postmodern Diversity, this book charts the
change from modernism to postmodernism, and then has detail sections
on how the death of truth affects areas like health care, literature,
education, history, psychotherapy, law, science and religion.
It ends with five 'case studies' and a look at evangelical imperatives
in coming to grips with the death of truth.
If you only read one book because of 'Facing the Challenge',
make this the one.
Dennis
McCallum is Senior Pastor at Xenos Christian Fellowship in Columbus,
Ohio.
Order
from the UK
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from the USA
Go
here to read more about the Death of Truth book and CDROM
containing five MS PowerPoint® Presentations
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Postmodern
Times:
A Christian Guide to Contemporary Thought and Culture
Gene Edward Veith, Crossway Books 1994
(Published in the UK as 'Guide to Contemporary Culture', Crossway
Books 1994)
Charts the shift from modernism to postmodernism and its impact
in art, society, and religion.
Gene
Edward Veith is Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences and Associate
Professor of English at Concordia University, Wisconsin.
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from the UK
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from the USA
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