{"product_id":"between-the-state-and-the-eucharist-paperback","title":"Between the State and the Eucharist - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoel Halldorf\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eFredrik Wenell\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eStanley Hauerwas\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In the world, but not of the world\"--this has been the motto of the Free Church tradition. But to what extent can freedom and independence from \"the world\" be realized in modernity, and how have these churches fared so far? These are the questions with which this book wrestles. The particular focus is Sweden, where a state-facilitated hypermodernity has created what some call \"the most modern nation in the world.\" The Swedish free churches have in many ways succumbed to the pressure of the modern welfare state and as a consequence lost their distinctive voice. The argument of this book is that the rediscovery of practices left behind might be a way for these churches to recover a solid, particular, and deeply Christian identity. In dialogue with William T. Cavanaugh, the authors argue for a return to concrete, social practices: asceticism, table grace, written prayers, a turn to tradition, and the Eucharist. Here are lost treasures that might prove invaluable for the modern church at large, with her dual citizenship in the modern nation-state and the kingdom of heaven.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoel Halldorf (MDiv, Lund University; PhD, Uppsala University) is Associate Professor of Historical Theology at the Stockholm School of Theology. His areas of research are Evangelicalism and modernity, historical pacifism, Pentecostalism, and worship in the Evangelical tradition. He is author of \u003ci\u003e\"Av denna varlden?\" Emil Gustafson, moderniteten och den evangelikala vackelsen\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fredrik Wenell (MDiv, MF Norwegian School of Theology) is a PhD candidate in Systematic Theology and World Views at Uppsala University. He has served as youth pastor in the Evangelical Free Church in Sweden for ten years. His previous publications include \u003ci\u003e\"Religion som politisk resurs\"\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eForever Young? ungdomens kulturer och frikyrkans gensvar\u003c\/i\u003e (coauthor).\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 198\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 23, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50449595859181,"sku":"9781625641113","price":41.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/between-the-state-and-the-eucharist-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}