Us for Them
eBook - ePub

Us for Them

Seeking Higher Ground in the Cultural Holy Wars

  1. 160 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Us for Them

Seeking Higher Ground in the Cultural Holy Wars

About this book

Us versus them--it's one of the oldest stories ever told, and we keep finding new ways to tell it.The conservative versus progressive cultural holy war over social justice, reconciliation, unity, and politics is the most recent version of the story, and our lives are increasingly defined by it. Which side are you on? Do you want justice or friendship? Diversity or unity? Victory or communion?But what if this alleged holy war is better understood as an opportunity for a humble and creative collaboration? What if conservatives and progressives tell a better story together? What if we seek higher ground instead of partisan or middle ground? What if God doesn't want to pull us to the right or to the left or to the middle? What if God wants to pull us up?Us for Them suggests that instead of hunkering down into ideological trench warfare, Christians can ascend into the elevation of the kingdom by practicing God's fierce but friendly justice in an unfriendly and unjust world. Because Christianity is a faith of justice and friendship--not one or the other.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Chapter 1: Justice + Friendship
  4. Chapter 2: Cats Must Also Fail
  5. Chapter 3: The Coddling of the American Church
  6. Chapter 4: The Day of Small Things
  7. Chapter 5: Clashing Victimocracies
  8. Chapter 6: Righteousness Porn
  9. Chapter 7: Conservative and Progressive
  10. Chapter 8: Wendell Berry Would Like a Word
  11. Chapter 9: Twenty-Six Names
  12. Bibliography