Against the Night: Living in the New Dark Ages

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Since this book was written in 1989, the shadows over the world have grown deeper and longer. Many of us may have become blindly accustomed to the persistently deteriorating state of affairs. Charles Colson has dedicated his life to providing a clear diagnosis of our predicament and a rational guide to action for Christians in the Western world.

This edition of Against the Night incorporates a new preface by Mr. Colson, "Mobilizing Christians for the 21st Century," and a new ...

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Overview

Since this book was written in 1989, the shadows over the world have grown deeper and longer. Many of us may have become blindly accustomed to the persistently deteriorating state of affairs. Charles Colson has dedicated his life to providing a clear diagnosis of our predicament and a rational guide to action for Christians in the Western world.

This edition of Against the Night incorporates a new preface by Mr. Colson, "Mobilizing Christians for the 21st Century," and a new study guide to help readers discover how to live as salt-and-light Christians in a morally declining society.

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``A crisis of immense proportion is upon us'': the erosion of traditional values in the institutions of family, state, and church. This is Colson's premise in this spiritual call-to-arms, whose ideas were first presented as lectures at Wheaton College. He starts with a critique of Enlightenment assumptions, exposes the relativism and decadence he finds to be rampant today, and closes with a challenge to Christians to stem the tide. This resembles Dee Jepsen's What's Happening to My World ? ( LJ 4/1/89) in its stress on attitudinal change rather than practical strategies, but differs in its intellectual rigor and strong, persuasive style. Recommended for general and church/theological libraries.
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  • ISBN-13: 9780892833092
  • Publisher: Servant Publications
  • Publication date: 7/28/1989
  • Pages: 180
  • Product dimensions: 0.56 (w) x 1.00 (h) x 0.84 (d)

Table of Contents

Preface 9
Prologue: The Smell of Sunset 15
Part I Sunset 17
Chapter 1 Intimations of Decline 19
Chapter 2 The Barbarian Invasion: Tracing the Roots 25
Chapter 3 Islands in the Stream 35
Chapter 4 The Reign of Relativism 43
Part II Nightfall 53
Chapter 5 Decadence and Decline 55
Chapter 6 Men without Chests 63
Chapter 7 Barbarians in the Parlor 71
Chapter 8 Barbarians in the Classroom 79
Chapter 9 Barbarians in Power 87
Chapter 10 Barbarians in the Pews 97
Chapter 11 The Great Nightfall? 107
Part III A Flame in the Night 114
Chapter 12 God and Politics 115
Chapter 13 Moral Education 123
Chapter 14 Paradox 131
Chapter 15 Metanoia 139
Chapter 16 The Wild Truth 149
Chapter 17 Communities of Light 155
Chapter 18 The Christian Mind 163
Chapter 19 The Moral Imagination 169
Chapter 20 Against the Night 181
Select Bibliography 185
Afterword 187
Notes 193
Index 201
Study Guide 207
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