Becoming a Christian in Christendom: Radical Discipleship and the Way of the Cross in America's "Christian" Culture

Synopsis

How Might One Live The Christian Faith Within A Culture That Idealizes And Privileges Christianity While Also Relativizing It And Making It Redundant? Arguing For A Reconceptualization Of The Theology Of The Cross And Radical Communal Practices, Jason A. Mahn Explores Some Pervasive Dangers Of America's New Christendom And Provocatively Imagines Alternatives To Conventional Christianity-alternatives Whereby The Church Embodies An Alternative Politic, Commits To Cruciform Non-violence, Appreciates Gifts By Giving Them Away, And Knows Its Boundaries Well Enough To Learn From Those On The Other Side. Christendom, Then And Now -- Unpacking Christian Privilege -- Purveyors Of Comfort And Kierkegaard's Call To Discipleship -- Upstanding Patriotic Citizens And Bonhoeffer's Faithful Resistance -- Church As Chaplain And Contemporary Critics Of Constantine -- Economy: Free Grace In A Culture Of Cheap -- Politics: Getting Radical And Staying Ordinary -- War: Subversions Of The Cross -- Religion: Guests In The House Of Israel -- Conclusion: Becoming (a) Christian In Christendom. Jason A. Mahn. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 345-352) And Index.