evangelizing postmoderns Carson, D. A. (Donald Arthur) 1946- Gen. ed. text bibliography conference publication miu Grand Rapids, MI Zondervan c2000 2000 monographic eng

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416 p. : illus. ; pbk ; 24 cm. Part 1. Opening Plenaries. 1. An ancient message, through modern means, to a postmodern mind / Ravi Zacharias -- 2. The touch of truth / Ravi Zacharias -- Part 2. The Challenge. 3. Why is religious pluralism fun - and dangerous / Harold A. Netland and Keith E. Johnson -- 4. Epistemology at the core of Postmodernism: Rorty, Foucault and the Gospel / Jon Hinkson and Greg Ganssle -- Part 3. Critical topics. 5. Why should anyone believe anything at all? / James W. Sire -- 6. Two ways to live - and biblical theology / Phillip D. Jensen and Tony Payne -- 7. Keeping Christ central in preaching / Colin S. Smith -- 8. The uniqueness of Jesus Christ / Ajith Fernando -- 9. Communicating sin in a postmodern world / Mark E. Dever -- 10 Turning to God: conversion beyond mere religious preference / Michael P. Andrus, Part 4. Crucial Passages. 11. The Gospel paradox : declaring sinners righteous (Rom. 3:21-26) / John W. Nyquist -- 12. The ambassador's job description : 2 Corinthians 5:11-21 / Colin S. Smith -- Part 5. Church, Campus, Ethnicity. 13. Church/campus connection : model 1 / Phillip D. Jensen and Tony Payne -- 14. Church/campus connections : model 2 / Mark Gauthier -- 15. Penetrating ethnic pluralism : African-Americans / Charles Gilmer -- 16. Reaching out to postmodern Asian-Americans / Peter Cha and Greg Jao -- Part 6. This Relational Age. 17. Faithfully relating to unbelievers in a relational age / Susan Hecht -- 18. The lifestyle of the Great Commission / Robert E. Coleman -- 19. Authentic church-based evangelism in a relational age / Ron Bennett -- Part 7. Experience and Strategies. 20. Finding God at Harvard : reaching the post-Christian university / Kelly Monroe -- 21. Ministering in the postmodern academy / Walter L. Bradley -- 22. Examples of effective evangelism / Andrea Buczynski -- 23. Generating hope : a strategy for reaching the postmodern generation / Jimmy Long -- 24. William Carey revisited : going after every college student / Mike Tilley -- 25. Evangelizing postmoderns using a mission outpost strategy / Don Bartel -- 26. The Gospel for a new generation / Keith A. Davy -- Part 8. Closing Plenaries. 27. The urgency of the Gospel / Ajith Fernando -- 28. Athens revisited / D.A. Carson. D.A. Carson, general editor. Papers presented at a conference held at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, May 13-15, 1998. Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-406) and indexes. Evangelistic work Congresses Postmodernism Religious aspects Christianity Congresses 269.2/TEL 0310234328 (alk. paper) 00039262 DLC 000406 20130624104914.0 11966146