Lordship and Discipleship - Softcover

Schweizer, Eduard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0334009340 ISBN 13: 9780334009344

Publisher: SCM Press, 2012

Synopsis

A classic study of Christian Iife in changing cultures, between the New Testament and the present day, first published in English in 1960 and long unavailable. `It is impossible to distil a pure creed. Every generation must proclaim the gospel in its own terms. It is foolish to withhold belief from the creeds of another generation simply because we cannot use their language today. But it is just as foolish to assent to all the creeds together, as if orthodoxy were like some cafeteria where you are obliged to eat something of everything... The New Testament contributors were courageous enough to be one-sided. They made their choice, and preached the message in terms their hearers could grasp, opposing clearly the special dangers of their time and place. Must our younger generation (or to take a quite different example, the Japanese people) first be converted to a Hebrew or Greek way of thinking in order to be able to receive the gospel? Or may we, without denying the old creeds, proclaim the same truth in the West, perhaps in terms of the meaning of God's acts for our existence, and in Japan, perhaps in quite different terms?'

About this title

About the Author:

Eduard Schweizer was Professor of New Testament at the University of Zurich in Switzerland. His numerous books include "Jesus", "The Good News According to Mark", and "The Good News According to Luke".

About this edition

• Publisher: SCM Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0334009340
• ISBN 13: 9780334009344
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144