Sentences with phrase «christian pragmatism»
Though one can understand the reasons for the rise of this Christian pragmatism, it remains a dubious thing, giving birth to all sorts of skeptical questions.
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It is also used to justify Christian political activism, including the pragmatism of voting for an imperfect candidate like Trump.
These ideas, in marked contrast to the whole of Christian experience, have most recently been embraced by the church growth industry, which, together with its basically sociological approach, promotes those quintessential American values of pragmatism and consumerism.
He believes that sexuality is «one area where, because of the profound element of «mystery» in inter-personal relationships, the secular kind of pragmatism has little to offer» (A.G. Woollard, Progress: A Christian Doctrine?
Christian socialist formulations of economic norms have had to be provisional and pragmatic, but their pragmatism has usually been informed by human caring and by commitments to unity and justice within the community.
5:1, 13 - 25) Every Christian struggles with the tensions of pragmatism and vision.