{"product_id":"9781498271028","title":"Witness Is Presence: Reading Stanley Hauerwas in a Nordic Setting","description":"In a postsecular cultural situation the conditions for understanding and communicating a Christian tradition have changed. None of the established religions can any longer claim monopoly in the \"marketplace of religions.\" A claim of this study is that a postsecular situation characterized, among other things, by dwindling memberships in established churches as well as a new visibility of alternative religious expressions, opens up a need to reflect on alternative ways of understanding Christianity in its context. This study focuses on the question, how can a Christian tradition be communicated understandably in a postsecular context? In traditional terms: how can Christian witness be understood in our situation? It is to this need, according to this study, that the ecclesiology of Stanley Hauerwas provides a meaningful perspective. This perspective becomes relevant because in a postsecular context a Christian church, even a folk church, cannot assume to be in a position of majority or power. There is, therefore, a need to ask how to understand Christianity as a community of witness that is neither in power nor a majority. The study suggests that embodiment of Christian convictions becomes a central factor in a meaningful postsecular notion of witness.","brand":"Wipf \u0026 Stock Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107994419440,"sku":"9781498271028","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781498271028_p0.jpg?v=1763704043","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781498271028","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}