Foolishness to the Greeks, Lesslie Newbigin
Foolishness to the Greeks, Lesslie Newbigin
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Foolishness to the Greeks
The Gospel and Western Culture

Author: Lesslie Newbigin

Narrator: Lesslie Newbigin

Unabridged: 5 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/01/2005


Synopsis

How can biblical authority be a reality for those shaped by the modern world? This book treats the First World as a mission field, offering a unique perspective on the relationship between the gospel and current society by presenting an outsider's view of contemporary Western culture.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Christina on September 21, 2020

Newbigin gives us an analysis of Western culture from the perspective of a long-term missionary. His primary question is, "What would be involved in a genuinely missionary encounter between the gospel and modern western culture?" His close reading of the modern western world is insightful, revealing......more

Goodreads review by Mark on April 12, 2018

Remarkable book. Way back in the 80s Newbigin was saying what struck me as new in the late 90s and early 2000s. I wish I'd been exposed to his way of thinking earlier.......more

Goodreads review by Brenton on December 22, 2020

This is a smart book--a missiologist's approach to what Christianity means in a post-Christian culture. It contains long technical philosophical arguments, but they are accessible to most well-read laypeople. Newbigin has been important to my intellectual formation, though I often find his arguments......more

Goodreads review by Andy on December 01, 2023

A dense little book, a bit outdated, but still quite relevant. What if a deeply thoughtful former missionary assessed western culture as if it were a foreign culture? That’s what Newbigin did, and it’s very eye opening!......more

Goodreads review by Brice on July 27, 2024

This book was written by a man who was a missionary in India for a number of years. The premise is that he is challenging Western Christians to consider the nature of a “missionary encounter” with their own culture. He rightly points out that Western thought and Christianity have been so intertwined......more