Resident Aliens: Life in the Christian Colony
 

Resident Aliens: Life in the Christian Colony

by Stanley Hauerwas, William H. Willimon

In this bold and visionary book, two leading Christian thinkers explore the alien status of Christians in today's world. A provocative Christian assessment of culture and ministry for people who know that something is wrong. (read review)

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There are several passages in the Bible that remind Christians they are not of this world. Christians are Resident Aliens on this planet and among the cultures and nations in which they live. But so often, rather than living as though foreigners in a foreign land, Christians embrace all too readily the cultures and nations in which they reside. (The idea that America is a “Christian Nation” is a perfect example of this. “God Bless America” isn’t spouted so much because God hasn’t...

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