{"product_id":"9781498299480","title":"Theosis: Patristic Remedy for Evangelical Yearning at the Close of the Modern Age","description":"Evangelicalism is reaching an inflection point. The exodus of millennials from Evangelical churches and the growth of those self-identifying as \"Nones,\" as in \"None of the Above,\" for their church affiliation, is concerning for the movement's future. Evangelical leaders offer mixed responses to this challenge--from circling the wagons to an enthusiastic \"Everything must change!\" posture.  Theosis takes a different approach. Seeking to understand Evangelicalism and its origins, this book suggests that Evangelicalism is best understood as the sibling of western, Enlightenment Modernity, which served it well . . . until the modern cultural ethos began to shift dramatically toward post-modernity.  In this shift, young Evangelicals--principally postmoderns themselves--are abandoning \"their father's Evangelicalism\" and its perceived linearity, hyper-rationalism, either\/or exclusivity, and faith expression, too often perceived as stripped of mystery and wonder. Theosis proposes that to move forward, Evangelicalism must go back to the future, to re-engage with the patristic understanding of salvation as theosis; deification, or union with God.  This radical return--and broadening of the doctrine of salvation--has begun to gain traction in Western Christendom, slowly being considered as it has always in the Christian East, as mere Christianity.","brand":"Wipf \u0026 Stock Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145045098736,"sku":"9781498299480","price":12.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781498299480_p0.jpg?v=1763704533","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781498299480","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}