{"product_id":"mortal-goods-reimagining-christian-political-duty-paperback","title":"Mortal Goods: Reimagining Christian Political Duty - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEphraim Radner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book by one of today's leading theologians examines how Christians might more faithfully and realistically imagine their political vocation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEphraim Radner explains that our Christian calling is to limit our political concerns to the boundaries of our created lives: our birth, parents, siblings, families, brief persistence in life, raising of children, relations, decline, and death. He shows that a Christian approach to politics is aimed at tending and protecting these \"mortal goods\" and argues for a more constrained view of our mortal life and our political duty than is common in both progressive and conservative Christian perspectives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRadner encourages us to take seriously what is most valuable in our lives and allow this to shape our social posture. Our vocation is to offer our limited life to God, give thanks for it, and glorify God by living our lives as a gift. Radner also shows how \"catastrophe\" reveals our time to be fragile, bounded, and easily overturned. And he exposes \"betterment,\" which lies behind most modern politics, as a false motive for human life. The book concludes with a vision of the good life articulated in the form of a letter to his adult children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A gift from one of the most creative theologians writing today\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is our calling as Christians regarding the good life and engagement in the public sphere? In \u003ci\u003eMortal Goods\u003c\/i\u003e, Ephraim Radner examines how we might more faithfully and realistically imagine our political vocation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In a polarized age when edifying discussions about religion and politics are in short supply, Radner asks us to rethink what we mean by 'the good life.' It begins with a self-imposed challenge to write a letter to his children about what makes life valuable. The letter he eventually pens, after pondering various God-given mortal goods, is worth the price of the book--and has the potential to reorient, rehabilitate, and redeem our present political morass.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eKevin J. Vanhoozer\u003c\/b\u003e, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Vintage Radner--erudite and incisive--with a twist: at times conversational and even personal. We find in \u003ci\u003eMortal Goods\u003c\/i\u003e themes from Radner's earlier volumes, here with new implications: the thresholds and limits of Christian political engagement, the 'mortal goods' that boundary our pilgrimage from birth to death. If you have not yet read Radner, start here. And if you have read him, continue with \u003ci\u003eMortal Goods\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eKathryn Greene-McCreight\u003c\/b\u003e, priest affiliate, Christ Church, New Haven, Connecticut\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What is our Christian duty in public affairs? Many of us imagine that we're called to put our shoulder to the wheel of progress. Radner argues otherwise. We are called to honor the beauty of creation and to ameliorate, as best we can, the burden of life after the fall. Radner shows that we need a politics of finitude, one that is grateful and not grudging. A must-read in our difficult times.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eR. R. Reno\u003c\/b\u003e, editor, \u003ci\u003eFirst Things\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"At once groundbreaking and deeply traditional, \u003ci\u003eMortal Goods\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonder, a gift from one of the most creative theologians writing today. Whether or not one concurs with Radner's conclusions, readers hungry for fresh insights on modern responses to mortal calamity will be deeply enriched by this volume.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eJ. Todd Billings\u003c\/b\u003e, Western Theological Seminary, Holland, Michigan; author of \u003ci\u003eThe End of the Christian Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEphraim Radner \u003c\/b\u003e(PhD, Yale University) is professor emeritus of historical theology at Wycliffe College, University of Toronto, in Toronto, Ontario. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eA Profound Ignorance\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAll Thy Lights Combine: Figural Reading in the Anglican Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime and the Word\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e A Time to Keep\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e A Brutal Unity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe End of the Church\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLeviticus \u003c\/i\u003ein the Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible. A former church worker in Burundi and an Anglican priest, he has served parishes in various parts of the United States and has been active in the affairs of the global Anglican Communion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.9 x 5.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 19, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750447218976,"sku":"9781540963802","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/900c718ccd790bbf17907429514b6d0e.webp?v=1779950516","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/mortal-goods-reimagining-christian-political-duty-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}