Spiritual Living in a Secular World by Ajith Fernando

Spiritual Living in a Secular World by Ajith Fernando

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Summary

As Christian norms vanish, Christians find themselves squeezed into the world's mould. This text shows how to share a seecular society without losing integrity. It uses the experience of a young Israelite, Daniel, to show how the traps of isolation and accommodation can be avoided.

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Spiritual Living in a Secular World by Ajith Fernando

Christians today often feel themselves to be without a voice: a minority in an indifferent world. Should we withdraw? Get stuck in, despite blurred boundaries? Like the Israelites in Babylon, for many of us this is a time of temptation and defeat. Ajith Fernando's warm, entertaining book uses the experience of the young Israelite, Daniel. Daniel and his companions were the elite: young men of outstanding ability. God put them in a position where their names - their very identity - were changed to fit Babylonian culture. They learned pagan languages, studied matters alien to their own culture, became steeped in Babylonian society. Yet they did not compromise their principles. They avoided the opposite traps of isolation, and accommodation. By their lifestyle of radical obedience they proclaimed that the kingdom of God is alive and well - and so can we.
Ajith Fernando has been National Director of Youth for Christ in Sri Lanka since 1976, and is a lecturer in the New Testament at Colombo Theological Seminary. He has studied at Asbury Theological Seminary and Fuller Theological Seminary, and is a mentor to many of the Christians in business and political life in Sri Lanka. He and his wife Nelun have two children.
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ISBN 13 9781854245786
ISBN 10 1854245783
Title Spiritual Living in a Secular World
Author Ajith Fernando
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher SPCK Publishing
Year published 2002-01-01
Number of pages 192
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.