1st Edition
The Routledge Handbook of Christianity and Culture
The centrality and importance of the intersection of Christianity and culture when it comes to English speaking countries and particularly American culture, history, and politics is beyond doubt. The Routledge Handbook of Christianity and Culture is an outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems and debates in this exciting subject. Comprising over thirty-five chapters by a team of international contributors the Handbook is divided into five parts:
· Practicing Christianity
· Christianity and the word
· Christianity and politics
· Christianity and culture in a global context
· Christianity and the arts.
Within these sections central issues, debates and problems are examined, including: liturgy, material Christianity, education, missions, religion and science, hermeneutics, Bible translations, Christian wars, human rights, law, social action, the secular, ecumenicalism, inter-religious relations, visual arts, literature, music, theatre and film.
The Routledge Handbook of Christianity and Culture is essential reading for students and researchers in religious studies and Christian studies. The Handbook will also be very useful for those in related fields, such as cultural studies, area studies, visual studies, literature and material religion.
PART 1
Practicing Christianity
1. Material Christianity
Minna Opas
2. Christian Liturgy in Relation to Culture
Frank Senn
3. Christianity and Education
David Smith
4. Christianity and Missions
Robert Gallagher
5. Christianity and Humanism
Jens Zimmermann
PART 2
Christianity and the Word
6. Christianity and Hermeneutics
Jens Zimmermann
7. Incarnation
Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen
8. The Formation of the Christian Bible
Harold W. Attridge
9. The Impact of Bible Translations on the English Language and Anglophone Cultures
Gregor Thuswaldner
PART 3
Social and Political Aspects of Christianity and Culture
10. Christianity and Politics
Peter Meilaender
11. Crusades, Holy War, and Chivalry
Alexandra Locking
12. Christianity and Culture Wars in the US, Europe, and Australia
Jeffrey Haynes
13. Christianity and Human Rights
Aaron Griffith
14. The Christian Problem of Race
Reggie Williams
15. Christianity and Law: Ten Enduring Contributions
Raphael Domingo
16. Christianity and Social Action
David Bronkema
17. Christianity, Sexuality and Gender
Karin Heller
18. Christianity and the Secular
Michelle C. Sanchez
19. Christianity and Science
Karl Giberson
PART 4
Christianity and Culture in a Global Context
20. Ecumenism and Culture
Andreas Pangritz
21. Christianity and Culture in Africa
James Amanze and Kenneth Ross
22. Christianity and Culture in Asia
Allen Yeh
23. Christianity in Latin America: Colonial Legacies and Cultural Transformations
Eric Hoenes del Pinal
24. Christianity and Culture in North America
Dale Soden
25. Christianity and Culture in Europe
Brent Nelsen and James Guth
26. Christianity, Judaism and Culture
Yaakov Ariel
27. The Logos Manifested: Theophany, Icon and Sacrifice in Twelver Shī’ism and Eastern Christianity
Francisco Jose Luis
28. Christianity and Hinduism: German Views in the Long 19th Century
Sebastian Musch
29. Christianity, Culture and Buddhism
Fr. Francis Tiso
PART 5
Christianity and the Arts
30. Christian Art: An Overview
Diane Apostolos-Cappadona
31. Christianity and Literature
Mark Eaton
32. Christianity and Music
Steve Guthrie
33. Christianity and Theater
Todd E. Johnson and Shannon Craigo-Snell
34. Christianity and Film: The Spectacular and the Spiritual
Craig Detweiler
35. Christianity and Architecture
David Bains
Biography
Yaakov Ariel is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
Gregor Thuswaldner is Provost and Executive Vice President and Professor of World Languages and Cultures at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington, USA.
Jens Zimmermann is the. J.I. Packer Chair of Theology at Regent College/University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.
