How Does America Hear the Gospel

by William A. Dyrness

Publisher:

Eerdmans

, 1989

Overview

In this book William A. Dyrness explores the relationship between the biblical gospel and American culture. He shows how three dominant American cultural values—pragmatism, optimism, and individualism—have both a positive and negative impact on our Christian discipleship, looks at Walter Rauschenbusch and Robert Schuller as case studies, and sets out a distinctively American way of appropriating the gospel.

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Key Features

• Investigates the relationship between the gospel and American culture
• Studies the impact of dominant American cultural values
• Lays out a distinctively American appropriation of the gospel
• Conducts case studies of the theology of Walter Rauschenbusch and Robert Schuller

Praise for the Print Edition

This is a profound study of how the gospel relates to the North American context. Dyrness combines cross-cultural sensitivities with theological astuteness and a solid grasp of American experiences and traditions. His brief analysis of Robert Schuller’s ‘contextualized message’ is simply brilliant! I recommend this book with much enthusiasm.

—Richard Mouw, former president, Fuller Theological Seminary

As an astute observer of American culture and an able theologian, Dyrness brings the biblical text to bear on the modern context. A learned work with evangelical power.

—Gabriel Fackre, Abbot Professor of Christian Theology Emeritus, Andover Newton Theological School

An illuminating survey of the interaction between the gospel and American society through the centuries and an assessment of their present relations.

—Lesslie Newbigin, author, Foolishness to the Greeks: The Gospel and Western Culture

Product Details

• Title: How Does America Hear the Gospel?
• Author: William A. Dyrness
• Publisher: Eerdmans
• Print Publication Date: 1989
• Logos Release Date: 2015
• Pages: 180
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: United States › Church history--20th century; United States › Religion--1960-; Christianity and culture
• ISBNs: 9780802804372, 0802804373
• Resource ID: LLS:HWDSMRCHRGSPL
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:40:35Z

About William A. Dyrness

William Dyrness, professor of theology and culture, joined the Fuller faculty in 1990 and served as dean of the School of Theology from 1990 to 2000. He teaches courses in theology, culture, and the arts, and was a founding member of the Brehm Center for Worship, Theology, and the Arts. Dyrness has over 30 years of teaching experience in the United States, the Philippines, Kenya, and South Korea. He has published work in a variety of fields, including theology and culture, apologetics, theology and art, and global missions. His recent works include Poetic Theology (2010), A Primer in Christian Worship (2009), the Global Dictionary of Theology (co-edited with Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, 2008), Senses of the Soul: Art and the Visual in Christian Worship (2008), Reformed Theology and Visual Culture: The Protestant Imagination from Calvin to Edwards (2004), Visual Faith (2001), Changing the Mind of Missions with James F. Engel (2000), and The Earth Is God's: A Theology of American Culture (1997). He has also served on the national boards of Christians in the Visual Arts (Wenham, MA), 1999 to 2005, and Development Associates International (Colorado Springs, CO), 2000 to the present, and is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA). He is currently at work on a major research project funded by the Henry Luce Foundation on the use of visual images in worship in Christian, Buddhist, and Muslim communities. Additionally, he is currently writing a book with art historian Dan Siedell on the religious influences of modern art.