Jesus the Word according to John the Sectarian: A Paleofundamentalist Manifesto for Contemporary Evangelicalism, Especially Its Elites, in North America

by Robert H. Gundry

Overview

Few have failed to notice the increasing accommodation of evangelicalism to worldly culture. Unless this trend is corrected, evangelicalism will soon lose the distinctives that have catapulted it to unparalleled success in the religious marketplace. This bold work by Robert Gundry finds a powerful and much-needed antidote to worldliness in John's Gospel.
Built on a unique combination of biblical exegesis, sociological analysis, and contemporary application, the book traces the influence of Word-Christology throughout the Gospel of John, unpacking its implications for North American evangelicalism. Sure to generate discussion-even controversy-are Gundry's adoption of a sectarian interpretation of John and his evaluation of contemporary North American evangelicalism. Seeing the evangelical tradition as having moved far down the road from sect to mainline church, he argues that it now needs a strong dose of John's logocentric sectarianism to avoid losing the edge that has made it successful.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802849809
Publisher:	Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Publication date:	10/25/2001
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.36(d)

About the Author

Scholar-in-Residence at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California.

Table of Contents

	Abbreviations	ix
	Foreword	xiii
1.	Jesus the Word according to John	1
2.	The Sectarian	51
3.	A Paleofundamentalist Manifesto for Contemporary Evangelicalism, Especially Its Elites, in North America	71
	A Postscript on Some Theological Desiderata	95
	Extended Endnotes	97
	The Transfiguration of Jesus according to John: Jesus as the Heard Word	97
	In Defense of "Exegesis" in John 1:18	98
	Angelomorphic Christology in Revelation 10: A Backup for the Same in John 1:51	101
	Tension with the World as a Distinguishing Feature of Sectarianism	103
	The Restriction of Love to Fellow Believers in First John	105
	Questions about the Sociological Causes of John's Alienation from the World and about Anti-Semitism in John	106
	Exclusivism, Inclusivism, and Universalism in Relation to John's Gospel	108
	The Sectarian Start of Christianity	110
	Bibliography	115

Editorial Reviews

James Davison Hunter
"This is a bold and provocative book that addresses a question at the very heart of Evangelical identity at the start of the twenty-first century: the relationship of Christian faith to the present world. Working from an exegesis of the Gospel of John and through contemporary discussions in the sociology of contemporary American Evangelicalism, theologian Robert Gundry challenges the often unreflective way Evangelicals relate — and acquiesce — to their social and cultural milieu. This book will surely enrage as many as it will encourage. "

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