Disruptive Witness, Alan Noble
Disruptive Witness, Alan Noble
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Disruptive Witness
Speaking Truth in a Distracted Age

Author: Alan Noble

Narrator: Alan Noble

Unabridged: 5 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/17/2018


Synopsis

We live in a distracted, secular age. These two trends define life in Western society today. We are increasingly addicted to habits?and devices?that distract and "buffer" us from substantive reflection and deep engagement with the world. And we live in what Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor calls "a secular age"?an age in which all beliefs are equally viable and real transcendence is less and less plausible. Drawing on Taylor's work, Alan Noble describes how these realities shape our thinking and affect our daily lives. Too often Christians have acquiesced to these trends, and the result has been a church that struggles to disrupt the ingrained patterns of people's lives. But the gospel of Jesus is inherently disruptive: like a plow, it breaks up the hardened surface to expose the fertile earth below. In this book Noble lays out individual, ecclesial, and cultural practices that disrupt our society's deep-rooted assumptions and point beyond them to the transcendent grace and beauty of Jesus. Disruptive Witnesscasts a new vision for the evangelical imagination, calling us away from abstraction and cliché to a more faithful embodiment of the gospel for our day.

About Alan Noble

Alan Noble is associate professor of English at Oklahoma Baptist University. He has written for the Atlantic, Vox, The Gospel Coalition, Christianity Today, and First Things. He is also the author of Disruptive Witness and You Are Not Your Own.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bob on September 26, 2018

Summary: Drawing on Charles Taylor's A Secular Age, Noble explores our longing for fullness in a distracted, secular age of "buffered selves," and the personal, communal and cultural practices Christians might pursue to disrupt our society's secular mindset. When I first came across this title, I was......more

Goodreads review by Aaron on November 27, 2018

A great continuation of Charles Taylor's thought into the posture of a truly other-worldly faith. How I wish the author would give us more, but he presents our distracted age with all its warts exposed, while offering us a way forward in our personal, church, and cultural spheres. Church leaders sho......more

Goodreads review by Tim on January 13, 2019

This fall, Tim Keller tweeted re Disruptive Witness: "Best book I've read recently. No, I did not get paid, nor was I contacted to say that. I mean it." It’s that good. This book is a must read for anyone doing ministry in America, especially for those working with young people. Alan Noble is the firs......more

Goodreads review by Gina on May 28, 2018

I've learned more from Alan (who I'm honored to count as a friend) than from almost any other living writer I can think of. His new book does not disappoint. It demonstrates that the problems in our culture and our thinking go deeper than we realize, and yet there is hope for Christians who want to......more

Goodreads review by Ruth on February 07, 2020

Lots to chew on here. What really stood out for me was Noble's observations regarding how Christian marketing techniques can make faith look like just another option amid a sea of personal choices. And the critique of VBS messaging is spot-on.......more