Christ and Culture - (Torchbooks) by H Richard Niebuhr (Paperback)

About the Book

This book is one of great significance, and anyone who claims to be at all an courant with modern theological thought will certainly wish to become familiar with it. --Time and Tide

Book Synopsis

This 50th-anniversary edition, with a new foreword by the distinguished historian Martin E. Marty, who regards this book as one of the most vital books of our time, as well as an introduction by the author never before included in the book, and a new preface by James Gustafson, the premier Christian ethicist who is considered Niebuhr's contemporary successor, poses the challenge of being true to Christ in a materialistic age to an entirely new generation of Christian readers.

From the Back Cover

The following essay on the double wrestle of the church with its Lord and with the cultural society with which it lives in symbiosis represents part of the result of many years of study, reflection and teaching.

Review Quotes

"This is without any doubt the one outstanding book in the field of basic Christian social ethics."--Paul Ramsey in the "Journal Of Religion""A superb piece of analytical writing in tackling what is just about the toughest problem face by Christians. The problem: In what way, or degree, is Christ relevant to the situation in which the Christian must live....Mr. Niebuhr distinguishes five typical answers to the Christian's problem of setting the relation between the Christ he calls Lord and the culture which holds him as the sea holds its fish."--Paul Hutchinson in "The New York Times Book Review""This book is one of great significance, and anyone who claims to be at all "au courant" with modern theological thought will certainly wish to become familiar with it."--"Time And Tide"