The God Who Is There (Paperback)

Condition

ACCEPTABLE: This well-used ex-library book is in acceptable condition. Except for the front end page, which has a tear at the binding, the cover and pages are in good condition; however, the pages are beginning to tan with age (1971). The page and cover corners show only modest wear.

This is an ex-library book, with a few markings at the front of the book. There is some damage on the inside back cover that resulted when the book pocket was removed. A label has been placed over this area to prevent further damage.

Product Details

From the back cover: "Has historic Christianity—the Christianity of the New Testament, of the apostles and the early church—anything to say to the modern world? In the age of existentialism, anti-philosophy, and musique concréte, the happenings, and the new theology, many people have assumed that a religion based on revealed truth is totally irrelevant.

"But in this book, Dr. Francis Schaeffer contends that only historic Christianity, rightly understood and fearlessly applied, can solve the dilemmas of modern men.

"Illustrating his thesis from modern philosophers, artists, writers, and musicians (including such diverse examples as Satre, the exponents of Dada, Henry Miller, Dylan Thomas, and the Beatles), Schaeffer shows himself at once alive to the exciting world in which we live and sensitive to the despair that blights all our achievements. His answers may not be the ones modern man expects, or even welcomes. But clearly they cannot be ignored."

Brief contents:

Section I: The intellectual and cultural climate of the second half of the twentieth century

1. The Gulf is Fixed
2. The First Step in the Line of Despair: Philosophy
3. The Second Step: Art
4. The Third and Fourth Steps: Music and the General Culture
5. The Unifying Factor in the Steps of Despair

Section II: The Relationship of the New Theology to the Intellectual Climate

1. The Fifth Step: Theology
2. Modern Mysticism—Despair beyond Despair
3. Modern Mysticism in Action: Art and Language
4. Modern Mysticism in Action: Music and Literature
5. A New Phase of Modern Theology

Section III: How Historic Christianity Differs from the New Theology

1. Personality or a Devilish Din
2. Verifiable Facts and Knowing
3. The Dilemma of Man
4. God's Answer to Man's Dilemma
5. How do we Know it is True?

Section IV: Speaking Historic Christianity into the Twentieth Century Climate

1. Finding the Point of Tension
2. From the Point of Tension to the Gospel
3. Applying the Gospel

Section V: Pre-Evangelism is no Soft Option

1. Commending the Christian Faith to our Generation
2. The Importance of Truth

Section VI: Personal and Corporate Living into the Twentieth-Century Climate

1. Demonstrating the Character of God
2. The Legal, but not only the Legal

Appendices

1. The Problem of the Middle-Class Church in the Latter Half of the Twentieth Century
2. The Practice of Truth

The book concludes with "A Word Concerning L'Abri by the Rev. J. A. Kirk," "Glossary," "Notes", and "Index."